Patent ID: 8876323

Claim:
Fluorescent lamp holder assembly ( 10 ) comprising: [a] a lamp holder ( 15 ) having a body which houses at least one pair of electrical terminals, the said body includes at least one pair of openings ( 30 ) on at least one wall ( 55 ), the said openings ( 30 ) located at a position corresponding to the position of the electrical terminals such that each opening ( 30 ) leads to one respective terminal; said lamp holder ( 15 ) includes at least one pair of parallel spaced-apart legs ( 35 ) of which one end of each leg ( 35 ) is connected to the terminal and the free end of each leg ( 35 ) protrudes from the said body, [b] a socket ( 20 ) having at least one pair of spaced-apart electrical terminals, each defining an insertion inlet ( 45 ); such that the lamp holder ( 15 ) can be coupled to the socket ( 20 ) by inserting a corresponding leg ( 35 ) of the lamp holder ( 15 ) into the corresponding terminal of the socket ( 20 ) thus defining electrical connection means, the holder assembly ( 10 ) further comprising [c] releasable, resiliently biased locking means ( 60 ) movable between an opening position, in which said holder ( 15 ) and said socket ( 20 ) can be unplugged and a locking position, in which said holder ( 15 ) and said socket ( 20 ) are held together, and [d] said locking means ( 60 ) being separated from said electrical connection means, characterised in that [e] the holder ( 15 ) is double sided, said holder ( 15 ) comprising a first pair of openings ( 30 ) arranged on said wall ( 55 ) and a second pair of openings ( 30 ) arranged on a back wall ( 56 ) opposed to said wall ( 55 ), and said first pair of openings ( 30 ) seen in a front view are identically oriented as the second pair of openings ( 3 ) seen in a front view.