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US 2016/0340979 A1Published application
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 removably attaching said retaining body to 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 for receiving a light bulb, said resilient fingers extending orthogonally from said base substantially parallel to each other and spaced a distance from each other such that a gripping surface is provided on each finger directly opposed to the gripping surface of the other finger so that a light bulb inserted between said fingers is squeezably retained between said gripping surfaces of the opposed resilient fingers.
A light bulb holder comprising a retaining body including:
- an attachment member for attaching said retaining body to a ladder;
- and at least one retaining slot unit supported on said retaining body and having an a supporting portion, said retaining slot unit having resilient fingers defining an opening for receiving a light bulb, said resilient fingers extending orthogonally from said base defining inner arcuate surfaces and spaced a distance from each other such that a gripping surface is provided on each finger directly opposed to the gripping surface of the other finger so that a light bulb inserted between said fingers is squeezably retained between said gripping surfaces of the resilient fingers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.