Lamp and mounting structure therefor

A lamp assembly comprising:

• a. a housing formed of resilient material and having a base wall and a side wall extending therefrom to define an open top compartment, said base wall having an exterior surface and a first recessed portion extending across said base wall, said first recessed portion having an elongated channel therein for receiving therein an insulated conductor, said base wall having a second recessed portion extending laterally from said first recess and having one end portion thereof spaced from said first recessed portion;
• b. a conductor retaining member of resilient electrically non-conductive material and having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being received in said first recessed portion and said second portion being received in said second recessed portion in said housing base wall, said second portion having one end portion thereof secured to said base wall adjacent the one end portion of said second recessed portion, said first portion having an elongated channel therein and positioned in facing mating relation with said channel in said shoulder on said base wall to receive and normally retain therein the insulated conductor, said first portion of said conductor retaining member being movable away from said base wall of said housing to expose said channels for movement of a conductor to and from said channels;
• c. an electrical light bulb and means in the compartment of said housing for receiving same and including an electrical conductor having a terminal on one end thereof;
• d. a guide portion extending from an interior surface of said base wall of said housing and having a bore therethrough, said bore intersecting said channel in said first recessed portion of said base wall;
• e. a piercing member mounted in the bore through said guide portion and having a point on one end portion thereof capable of being moved into electrical contact with the insulated conductor, said piercing member having the other end portion thereof in electrical contact with said terminal of said electrical conductor of said bulb receiving means for completing an electrical connection to said bulb;
• f. a lens removably mounted on said side wall of said housing and closing the compartment with said bulb therein;
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• g. means engaging said housing and said conductor retaining member for mounting same on a structure having the insulating conductor and retain said conductor retaining member engaged with a conductor in said channels.