Patent ID: 7186017

Claim:
A backstop socket structure preventing a lamp string from turning off when a bulb is removed, the backstop socket and bulb base combination comprising: a) a backstop socket having: i) a round plug cavity located on a top thereof; ii) a rectangular plug space having first and second copper-plate plug grooves; iii) a power-supply groove located on a bottom thereof along a longitudinal axis of the backstop socket and having first and second power supply wires located therein; iv) a first contact copper plate is located in the first copper-plate plug groove and has one end connected to the first power supply wire and a first spring reed protruding inwardly toward a center of the rectangular plug space; and v) a second contact copper plate is located in the second copper-plate plug groove and has one end connected to the second power supply wire and a second spring reed protruding inwardly toward a center of the rectangular plug space and over lapping the first spring reed, the first spring reed has a length shorter than a length of the second spring reed, the second spring reed is movable between connected and disconnected positions; and b) a bulb base having: i) a cylindrical member located on a first end thereof and having a cavity; ii) a bulb plugged into the cavity and having two copper wires; and iii) a rectangular block located on a second end thereof and having a rod stub and two through holes, the rod stub protruding downwardly from a center of the rectangular block, one of the two copper wires is inserted through each of the two through holes and located on a side surface of the rectangular block; wherein, in the connected position, the rod stub is separated from the second spring reed and the second spring reed is connected to the first spring reed, and, in the disconnected position, the rod stub presses the second spring reed downwardly separating the second spring reed from the first spring reed.