Compact fluorescent bulb socket
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FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the compact fluorescent bulb socket of the present invention with a securing ring separate from a body of the socket;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the compact fluorescent bulb socket with the securing ring threaded onto the socket body;
FIG. 3 is an exploded side elevational view of the socket;
FIG. 4 is an exploded side elevational view of the socket rotated 90.degree. from FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the compact fluorescent bulb socket with the securing ring threaded onto the socket body, all side elevational views of the assembled socket being identical;
FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the compact fluorescent bulb socket; and,
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the fluorescent bulb socket.
The broken line showing in FIGS. 1, 2, 6 and 7 is included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure only and forms no part of the claimed design.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 10, 1998
Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
Assignee: Dal Partnership (St. Louis, MO)
Inventors: Dale A. Klaus (St. Albans, MO), Wendell Dodson (Webster Groves, MO), Swee Tan (St. Louis, MO)
Primary Examiner: Joel Sincavage
Law Firm: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi
Application Number: 0/93,438
