Lighting fixture with ratcheted swivel socket sliding within slot

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5339234
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08052483

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The apparatus is a light fixture with a base unit and a socket assembly unit. The socket assembly unit includes a male element which includes laterally opposed parallel notches and a peripheral ring with radial teeth surrounding a least a portion thereof. The male element is inserted into a slot in the base unit and a spring steel clip is engaged between the laterally opposed parallel notches thereby urging a V-shaped protrusion against the radial teeth of the ring and providing a rotating ratchet function for the socket assembly unit.

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GENLYTE GROUP INCORPORATED THEA CORP OF DELAWARE 100 LIGHTING WAY SECAUCUS NJ 07096-1508

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Russello, Thomas Howell, NJ 49 1653
Sangiamo, Richard Linden, NJ 15 394

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