Patent ID: 7905738

Claim:
A lamp socket for connecting an electric bulb to an electrical grid, said bulb having a base with a base contact and a bottom contact located at the bottom of said base and isolated therefrom, said lamp socket comprises: (a) a clamp including a spring-loaded embracing section, capable of passing said base through in an open position, and of gripping said base in a closed position, said embracing section has a first contact thereon; and a spring-loaded dielectric retainer capable of retaining said embracing section in the open position and releasing said embracing section into the closed position upon being depressed by said base, said retainer has a second contact thereon; and (b) a spring-loaded clasp, associated with said clamp, and capable of expanding said embracing section in to the open position; wherein, while said clamp being in the closed postion, said first contact is predeterminedly depressed by said base contact, and said second contact is predeterminedly depressed by said bottom contact.