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US 10,392,862 B2Granted
Light bulb holder
AssigneeGem Temp, LLC
InventorWilliam S. Melittas
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Abstract
A light bulb holder including a bulb retaining body for holding a light bulb during installation of the bulb in a light fixture. The bulb retaining body generally includes an attachment member for removably or permanently affixing said retaining body to a ladder and at least one retaining slot unit supported on said attachment member including a base and opposed resilient fingers defining an opening for receiving a light bulb.
Claims20
A light bulb holder comprising a retaining body including:
- an attachment member for flexibly attaching said retaining body transversely to at least one side portion of a ladder;
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- at least one retaining slot unit supported on said attachment member, said retaining slot unit having a base and opposed resilient fingers defining an opening slot for receiving a light bulb of various sizes, said opposed resilient fingers being flexible and extending orthogonally from said base substantially parallel to each other, said resilient fingers comprising multiple semi-arcuate contours of opposing curvature, the resilient fingers being sufficiently spaced a distance apart from each other for retaining the light bulb of any shape therebetween, such that a pliable gripping surface associated with each finger is directly opposed to the gripping surface of an other opposing finger, multiple light bulbs capable of being received between other pairs of fingers and securely retained vertically between said gripping surfaces of an other opposed resilient finger of the other pairs, the light bulb holder capable of being rotated into an open position for receiving and retaining the light bulbs, and a closed position when the light bulbs are removed.
A light bulb holder comprising a retaining body including:
- an attachment member for attaching said retaining body transverse to at least one side portion of a ladder via a hinge attachment, the retaining body capable of being pivoted into various degrees of rotation;
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- at least one retaining slot unit supported on said retaining body and having a supporting portion, said retaining slot unit having opposed resilient fingers defining an opening for receiving a light bulb of various sizes, each pair of resilient fingers being flexible and extending orthogonally from said base defining inner semi-arcuate contoured surfaces, the pair of resilient fingers are of opposing semi-arcuate contoured surfaces and sufficiently spaced a distance from each other such that a pliable gripping surface associated with each finger is directly opposed to the gripping surface of an other opposing finger of the pair of the resilient fingers, so that the light bulb inserted between said pair of the resilient fingers is received and securely retained vertically between said gripping surfaces of the opposed resilient finger of the pair, the light bulb holder capable of receiving and retaining multiple lights bulbs when pivoted in an open position at the various degrees of rotation, and pivoted into a closed position when the light bulbs are removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.