Patent ID: 7354317

Claim:
A lamp keying system, comprising: a lamp base including a recess at one end; a lamp support, having a lamp support receptacle, being detachably coupled to the lamp base, and including a first portion to receive the lamp base and a second portion being recessed away from the received lamp base; and a lamp keying device selected from a group consisting essentially of: a. a keying device comprising at least one base protruding key being formed on the base and at least one support slot being formed in the lamp support receptacle, the at least one base protruding key detachably coupling with the at least one support slot; b. a keying device comprising at least one support protruding key being formed on the lamp support receptacle and at least one base slot being formed in the base, the at least one base slot detachably coupling with the at least one protruding support key; and c. a keying device comprising at least one base protruding key being formed on the base and at least one base slot being formed in the base, the keying device further comprising at least one complementary support protruding key being formed on the lamp support receptacle and at least one complementary support slot being formed in the lamp support receptacle, the at least one base protruding key detachably Coupling with the at least one complementary support slot, and the at least one base slot detachably coupling with the at least one complementary protruding support key; wherein the lamp base is operatively coupled to an electromagnetic energy source; wherein the operatively coupled electromagnetic energy source is an ultraviolet light source.