Patent ID: 7513640

Claim:
A light tube system comprising: at least two light tube holders, with each of the at least two light tube holders having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, with each of the at least two light tube holders including two internal sockets, with a first of the two internal sockets at the first end and a second of the two internal sockets at the second end, with each of the two internal sockets respectively receiving one of two pair of light tube pins of a light tube, with an external socket at the first end and a plug at the second end, with the two internal sockets being separated in a longitudinal direction, with the plug having a base integrally extending in the longitudinal direction from the second end opposite to the second of the two internal sockets and in a non-movable manner relative to the second end, with the plug including two plug pins extending from the base in a first direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, with the external socket having a socket base integrally extending in the longitudinal direction from the first end opposite to the first of the two internal sockets and in a non-movable manner relative to the first end, with the base of the plug and the socket base of the external socket being parallel to each other, being spaced perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and being non-coaxial, with the external socket including two receptacles extending from the socket base in a second direction parallel and opposite to the first direction, and wherein the two plug pins of one of the at least two light tube holders are respectively connectable electrically to the two receptacles in the external socket of another of the at least two light tube holders, with the base at a first position perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, with the socket base at a second position perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and with the first position spaced from the second position.