F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 23 – Q
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
23
Q
240/71
F23Q 7/22 (2006.01) B60N 3/14 (2006.01) F21V 19/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1259589
LAMP FIXTURE FOR ILLUMINATING INTERIOR OF CIGAR LIGHTER SOCKET Abstract A one-piece molded plastic lamp fixture for mount- ing a light bulb at the exterior of the clamping shell portion of an electric cigar lighter for vehicles, to provide illumination of the socket thereof. The clamping shell has a light-admitting aperture over which the bulb is positioned when carried in a body part of the plastic fixture. An integral plastic hood is connected to the body part adjacent the bulb, and can be swung from a first position overlying and generally concealing the bulb, to a second position wherein the bulb is exposed for replacement. The body and hood portions are joined by a living hinge, and the body portion is held on the clamping shell by resilient, opposed integral retainer fingers that are receivable in openings in the shell. The hood portion has integral ears which underlie and back up the retainer fingers when the hood is swung to its first position whereby inward movement of the fin- gers is limited to prevent the fixture from becoming inadvertently loosened from the clamping shell. The ad- vantage of the present invention over the devices of the prior art is that less manufacturing and assembly ex- pense is required, since the hood and body portions, and hinge can all be molded as a single integral plastic or nylon piece.
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Lupoli Peter J.
Mattis Donald J.
Miller Robert S.
Casco Products Corporation
Smart & Biggar
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