Fluorescent lamp holder

Claim 1

A FLUORESCENT LAMPHOLDER COMPRISING A PLATE HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, A BODY HAVING AN ENLARGED FORWARD PORTION AND A SHANK HAVING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL GROOVES THEREIN, EACH GROOVE EXTENDING FROM SAID ENLARGED FORWARD PORTION TO THE REAR OF SAID SHANK, A CLIP FOR EACH OF SAID GROOVES, EACH CLIP HAVING AN ELONGATED RESILIENT ARM, MEANS RIGIDLY MOUNTING ONE END OF SAID ARM ON SAID BODY ADJACENT THE FORWARD END OF THE RESPECTIVE GROOVE WITH THE ARM EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID GROOVE AND SPACED ABOVE THE BOTTOM WALL THEREOF, SAID RESILIENT ARMS TERMINATING AT THEIR REAR ENDS IN LATERALLY-PROJECTING RETAINING PORTIONS EACH HAVING A PLATE-ENGAGING SURFACE NORMAL TO THE AXIS OF SAID ARM, SAID RETAINING PORTIONS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID GROOVES FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PLATE AND ADAPTED TO BE DEPRESSED INTO SAID GROOVES, SAID SHANK SLIDABLY CLOSELY FITTING IN SAID OPENING WITH THE RETAINING PORTIONS OF SAID CLIPS ADAPTED TO PASS THROUGH SAID OPENING WHEN DEPRESSED, AND A COIL SPRING DISPOSED ABOUT SAID SHANK, SAID SPRING ENGAGING SAID ENLARGED PORTION AND SAID PLATE AND URGING SAID ENLARGED PORTION OF SAID BODY AWAY FROM SAID PLATE WITH THE PLATE-ENGAGING SURFACE OF SAID CLIPS ENGAGING THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID PLATE AND WITH SAID CLIP ARMS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FRONT OF SAID PLATE FOR MANUAL DEPRESSION INTO SAID GROOVES, THE ENLARGED FORWARD PORTION OF SAID BODY HAVING A RECESS THEREIN FORMING A SOCKET FOR RECEIVING THE TERMINAL PROJECTION OF A FLUORESCENT LAMP.