Light stake
AssigneeCanny Systems, LLC
InventorStacy L. Kennedy
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Abstract
A light stake for holding a light bulb includes a spike with a body extending along a spike axis between a top end and an insertion end, a connecting base at the top end of the body, and a socket having a socket axis. The socket has a socket base, a plurality of fingers, and a strengthening fillet. The socket base is perpendicular to the socket axis and with a solid-material periphery extending on all sides of the socket axis. The fingers extend from the socket base along the socket axis, with each finger extending between a fixed end near the socket base and a movable end. The strengthening fillet is at the intersection between the fixed end of each finger and the socket base, and increases the local thickness of each fixed end and of the socket base for increased rigidity of the fixed end.
Claims21
A socket for a light bulb that includes a bulb and a bulb base, the socket comprising:
- a socket axis;
- a base extending generally perpendicular to the socket axis;
- a plurality of fingers extending from the socket base along the socket axis, each finger having a fixed end next to the socket base, and a moveable end;
- a wedge-shaped retaining tab at the moveable end of each finger in the plurality of fingers;
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- an opening formed in at least one finger in the plurality of fingers;
- wherein each moveable end in the plurality of fingers is independently flexible from the other moveable ends;
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- wherein the moveable ends of the plurality of fingers are configured to receive the bulb base therebetween, and the retaining tabs of the plurality of fingers are configured to engage the light bulb between the bulb and bulb base.
A socket for a light bulb, comprising:
- a socket axis;
- a base extending generally perpendicular to the socket axis;
- a plurality of fingers extending from the socket base parallel to the socket axis, each finger having a fixed end next to the socket base, and a moveable end for holding the light bulb between the fingers;
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- a retaining tab at the moveable end of each finger in the plurality of fingers;
- wherein each moveable end in the plurality of fingers is independently flexible from the other moveable ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.