Patent ID: 7736031

Claim:
An improved lightbulb housing for use with a ceiling fixture having a canister containing a socket assembly for a plug-in fluorescent lightbulb which is retained therein and at least one electrical wire extending from the socket assembly, the canister also having a pair of oppositely disposed snapper retainers and also having a top wall, the improved lightbulb housing comprising: a. a reflector having a bottom generally cylindrical hollow baffle extending into a middle hollow baffle which extends into an upper hollow baffle terminating in an upper transverse circumferential wall, the baffles aligned so that their respective center-lines are aligned and are symmetrical about the center-line, the bottom baffle having a wall having at least one hole; b. a hollow top ring cover having a cylindrical wall with a top end and a bottom end, the top end extending into an upper transverse outer ring, a sealing ring positioned around the cylindrical wall at a location immediately beneath the upper transverse outer ring, an interior transverse circumferential shelf located between the top end and the bottom end, a pair of oppositely disposed snapper assembles affixed by attaching means to the cylindrical wall at a location adjacent the bottom, each snapper assembly having a pair of snapper connectors, and a multiplicity of spaced apart attaching hook members located on the bottom of the cylindrical wall, the snapper connectors having a clamp shape; c. a sealing gasket positioned against the underside of the interior transverse circumferential shelf and a frosted and translucent lens positioned against the sealing gasket, the hook members of the hollow ring cover attached to the upper baffle of the reflector so that the frosted and translucent lens is retained between the upper transverse circumferential wall of the reflector and the gasket; and d. the reflector placed into the canister of the ceiling fixture so that the lightbulb socket is positioned within the bottom baffle, and the middle baffle ending and the bottom baffle beginning at a point approximately near the upper end of the lightbulb socket, the bottom baffle extending backwardly away from the trim, the bottom baffle having a hole through which connecting electrical wires may reach and interconnect with the lightbulb socket residing therein, the wire from the electric socket extending through the at least one opening in the bottom baffle so that as illumination occurs from the plug-in fluorescent lightbulb, the frosted and translucent lens conceals the lightbulb from view while permitting illumination to shine through and also conceals the means by which the snapper assemblies are attached to the cylindrical wall, the sealing ring pressed against the top wall of the canister, the frosted and translucent lens creating a visual effect similar to the visual effect achieved by a reflector lightbulb.