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US 2019/0376668 A1Published application
Interchangeable adapter for changing led light bulbs
AssigneeGR Ventures L.L.C.
InventorsJoseph Gurwicz, Michael Rosen
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Abstract
An interchangeable adapter and head piece for changing a light bulb that includes a head piece that has a base plate with a primary gripping member and a secondary gripping member for engaging the light from the platform of the first side of the base plate away from the second side.
Claims21
A head piece for an adapter for changing a light bulb, comprising:
- a base plate having opposite first and second sides;
- a primary gripping member extending from said first side of said base plate away from said second side, said primary gripping member being positioned with respect to said base plate to engage the light bulb;
- a secondary gripping member extending from said first side of said base plate away from said second side, said secondary gripping member substantially surrounding said primary gripping member;
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- wherein said primary gripping member is a suction cup that has an open face facing away from said base plate for gripping the light bulb, and said secondary gripping member is a channel configured to grip the light bulb.
2 more elements
An interchangeable adapter for changing a light bulb, comprising:
- a holder having a mounting end and an interface end opposite said mounting end, and a first engagement member disposed inside of said holder;
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- at least one head piece separate from said holder and releasably coupled thereto at said interface end of said holder, said head piece including,
- a base plate having opposite first and second sides,
- a suction cup extending from said first side of said base plate away from said second side, said suction cup being positioned with respect to said base plate to engage the light bulb,
- a channel extending from said first side of said base plate away from said second side, said channel substantially surrounding said suction cup and being configured to grip the light bulb, and
- a second engagement member extending from said second side of said base plate away from said first side for engaging said first engagement member of said holder.
4 more elements
A method for changing a light bulb, comprising the steps of:
- gripping a light bulb with a suction cup of a head piece of an adapter, the suction cup extending from a first side of the head piece away from an opposite second side of the head piece;
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- subsequent to gripping the light bulb with the suction cup, moving the adapter toward the light bulb while the suction cup grips the light bulb until a channel of the head piece of the adapter also grips the light bulb, the channel extending from the first side of the base plate of the head piece away from the second side of the head piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.