Patent ID: 7384175

Claim:
A worklight with integral spare bulb holder, the worklight including one or more worklight heads and a base supporting said one or more heads, the base including a generally hollow elongate cross bar structural support member of generally rectangular transverse cross-sectional profile, and the worklight utilizing one or more double-ended elongate halogen bulbs, wherein the improvement comprises: a spare bulb holder disposed in said generally hollow elongate cross bar structural support member for holding at least one spare of said bulbs, comprising: a spare-bulb retainer having an elongate extent and being formed to hold an individual said spare bulb, said retainer having an end cap at one end hereof and a retainer support piece disposed in an end of said cross bar structural support member, said retainer support piece being formed with two openings in side by side relation, each said opening being sized for said retainer to be inserted therethrough into said cross bar structural support member, whereby said spare bulb holder is able to hold two said spare bulbs in generally parallel relation to one another in said cross bar structural support member; wherein said retainer support piece further comprises an insert having a generally rectangular transverse cross-sectional profile substantially mating with the generally rectangular transverse cross-sectional profile of said structural member, said insert being formed and sized to extend into said generally hollow structural member and to fit snugly therein, and wherein said retainer support piece is further formed with two tubular members extending into said generally hollow structural member from said two openings, each of said tubular members being formed and sized to snugly receive said end cap, whereby said retainer is held in said cross bar structural support member.