Apparatus for removing base of broken lamp from a socket

In a lamp having a bulb and a lamp base that is insertable into a socket, an apparatus for removing the lamp base from the socket after its bulb has been broken, comprising:

• (a) a plurality of jaws adapted to engage the inside surface of the lamp base;
• (b) means including handles coupled to the jaws for moving the jaws relative to each other;
• and,
• (c) spring means operatively coupled to the handles for urging the handles together and the jaws apart;
• whereby the jaws are insertable into the lamp base after application of an expansive force to the moving means to move the jaws together, the spring means urges the jaws apart to engage the inner surface of the lamp base when the expansive force is removed, and thereafter the lamp base is removable from the socket by application of a rotative force to the handles.