Electric lamp socket

Claim 1

A UNITARY SOCKET FOR ELECTRIC LAMPS HAVING A THREADED BASE COMPRISING A HOLLOW SMOOTH-WALLED CYLINDRICAL SOCKET BODY OF STIFFLY FLEXIBLE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, SAID SOCKET BODY BEING OPEN AT ONE END AND CLOSED AT THE OPPOSITE END BY AN INTEGRAL CIRCULAR END WALL OF SUBSTANTIAL THICKNESS, A PAIR OF MUTUALLY INSULATED CONDUCTORS OF AN ELECTRIC RIP CORD MOLDED WITHIN THE THICKNESS OF THE END WALL, SAID CONDUCTORS BEING IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION IN A COMMON PLANE TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE SOCKET BODY WITH ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS EXTENDING ALONG A DIAMETER OF THE END WALL AND WITH THE OTHER OF SAID CONDUCTORS OFFSET FROM THE CENTER OF THE END WALL, THE END WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH A CAVITY AT ITS CENTER OPENING INWARDLY OF THE SOCKET BODY AND AN INWARDLY OPENING SIDE CAVITY LOCATED ADJACENT THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CYLINDRICAL WALL OF THE SOCKET BODY AND DIRECTLY ABOVE THE CONDUCTOR OFFSET FROM THE CENTER OF THE END WALL, AND A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS EXTENDING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE SOCKET BODY THROUGH THE CAVITIES INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SAID CONDUCTORS AND MAKING A PRESSURE FIT WITH THE SIDES OF SAID CAVITIES, ONE OF SAID CONTACTS BEING A HEADED STRAIGHT PIN HAVING A POINTED END EXTENDING THROUGH THE CENTER CAVITY AND THE CONDUCTOR BENEATH SAID CAVITY, THE OTHER OF SAID CONTACTS BEING A STRIP CONTACT PROVIDED WITH A POINTED END EXTENDING THROUGH THE SIDE CAVITY AND THROUGH THE CONDUCTOR BENEATH SAID SIDE CAVITY, SAID STRIP CONTACT ALSO HAVING A STRAIGHT PORTION EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE SOCKET BODY AND SET IN THE CYLINDRICAL WALL OF THE SOCKET BODY, SAID STRIP CONTACT HAVING BETWEEN THE SAID STRAIGHT PORTION AND THE POINTED END THEREOF A SHOULDER ENGAGING THE END WALL OF THE SOCKET BODY, THE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING STRAIGHT PORTION OF THE STRIP CONTACT BEING PROVIDED WITH SPACED APART PROTUBERANCES PROJECTING LATERALLY INWARD OF THE SOCKET BODY FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE THREADS OF AN INSERTED LAMP BASE.