Patent ID: 7293897

Claim:
An integrated fluorescent lamp device for use with a separate lamp fixture including a lamp socket configured to removably receive a portion of said integrated fluorescent lamp device therein to selectively support said integrated fluorescent lamp device thereon, said integrated fluorescent lamp device comprises an enclosure to house an electronic ballast therein having a lamp base affixed to one end portion thereof and a fluorescent lamp affixed to an opposite end portion thereof, said enclosure having at least one mounting member formed thereon configured to be removably received in the lamp socket of the lamp fixture obversely configured to secure said integrated fluorescent lamp device to the lamp fixture and said fluorescent lamp includes a tube containing a gas electrically coupled to said electronic ballast wherein said electronic ballast comprises a first electronic ballast input and a first electronic ballast output mounted on said electronic ballast affixed to a lamp base input and a lamp base output attached to said lamp base by a lamp base input conductor and a lamp base output conductor respectively to selectively feed electricity therebetween, said electronic ballast further comprises a second electronic ballast input and a second electronic ballast output mounted on said electronic ballast affixed to a lamp input and a lamp output coupled to said tube of said fluorescent lamp to selectively feed electricity therebetween such that when a switch mounted on the lamp fixture is in an on position electricity flows from an AC power source through said lamp base, said electronic ballast and said fluorescent lamp to energize said gas within said tube, said electronic ballast disposed within said enclosure, said fluorescent lamp and said lamp base cooperatively forming said integrated fluorescent lamp selectively separable from the lamp socket of the lamp fixture whereby said electronic ballast and said fluorescent lamp are mechanically affixed to each and separable from the lamp socket of the lamp fixture.