Theft-resistant assembly for fluorescent lamps
AssigneesOsram Sylvania Inc., Prolight
InventorsJames W. LaPointe, Robert W. Campbell
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Abstract
A theft-resistant assembly for screw base compact fluorescent lamps of the type having at least one U-tube integrated with and extending from an adapter member. The adapter member has a threaded portion for engagement with a lamp socket. The assembly includes a ring for disposition around a protrusion of the lamp socket protrusion, arms upstanding from the ring with each of the arms having an arm connector thereon, a collar for disposition around the U-tube and for engagement with a top surface of the adapter member, and legs depending from the collar with each of the legs having a leg connector thereon. The leg connectors are lockingly engageable with the arm connectors, respectively, to lock the collar to the ring, whereby to lock the adapter member to the socket.
Claims12
A theft-resistant assembly for screw base compact fluorescent lamps of the type having at least one U-tube integrated with and extending from an adapter member, the adapter member having a threaded portion for engagement with a lamp socket, the lamp socket having a protrusion by which the lamp socket is secured to a lamp base, the assembly comprising:
- a ring for disposition around the socket protrusion;
- arms upstanding from said ring, each of said arms having an arm connector thereon;
- a collar for disposition around the U-tube and for engagement with a top surface of the adapter member;
- legs depending from said collar, each of said legs having a leg connector thereon;
- said leg connectors being lockingly engageable with said arm connectors, respectively, to lock said collar to said ring, whereby to lock the adapter member to the socket.
A theft-resistant assembly for screw base compact fluorescent lamps of the type having at least one U-tube integrated with and extending from an adapter member, the adapter member having a threaded portion for engagement with a lamp socket, the lamp socket having a protrusion at least in part threaded for engagement with a nut by which the lamp socket is secured to a lamp base, the theft-resistant assembly comprising:
- a first member comprising a first semi-annular ring portion and a first arm portion upstanding from said first ring portion, said first arm portion having a first arm connector thereon and said first ring portion having a first ring connector thereon;
- a second member comprising a second semi-annular ring portion and a second arm portion upstanding from said second ring portion, said second arm portion having a second arm connector thereon and said second ring portion having a second ring connector thereon;
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- a third member comprising a collar portion, a first leg portion depending from said collar portion and having a first leg connector thereon, and a second leg portion depending from said collar portion and having a second leg connector thereon;
- said first and second ring portions being connectable together around the socket protrusion by engagement of said first and second ring connectors, said collar portion being disposable around the U-tube and engageable with a top surface of the adapter member, said first leg connector being lockingly engageable with said first arm connector, and said second leg connector being lockingly engageable with said second arm connector, to lock said third member to said interconnected first and second members, whereby to lock the adapter member to the socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.