Telephone light

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC LIGHT DEVICE FOR A TELEPHONE DESK SET COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A BASE MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED ON THE HANDLE OF THE DESK SET, (B) A FIRST CURRENT-CONDUCTING COMBINED SPRING CLIP AND BATTERY HOLDER DEVICE SECURED TO THE BASE MEMBER TO SECURE THE SAME TO SAID HANDLE, (C) SAID DEVICE HAVING A U-SHAPED RESILIENT STRIP ANCHORED AT ONE END TO THE BASE MEMBER AND HAVING A LEG PORTION EXTENDING UNDER THE BASE MEMBER IN SPACED RELATION THERETO, FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HANDLE, (D) SAID DEVICE FURTHER INCLUDING A BATTERY CLIP CARRIED BY THE RESILIENT STRIP AND INCLUDING CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE STRIP TO CARRY CURRENT THEREFROM, AND (E) AN ELECTRIC LAMP SOCKET ON THE BASE MEMBER, ONE TERMINAL OF WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH SAID CIRCUIT MEANS TO BE ENERGIZED THERETHROUGH AND ARRANGED TO ENABLE A LAMP CARRIED THEREBY TO LIGHT THE DIAL OF THE TELEPHONE DESK SET, (F) A SECOND CURRENT-CONDUCTING COMBINED SPRING CLIP AND BATTERY HOLDER DEVICE SEPARATE AND ELECTRICALLY INSULATED FROM THE FIRST DEVICE AND SECURED TO THE BASE MEMBER TO SECURE THE SAME TO SAID HANDLE, SAID SECOND DEVICE COMPRISING A U-SHAPED RESILIENT STRIP WHICH IS ANCHORED AT ONE END TO THE BASE MEMBER AND WHICH HAS A LEG PORTION EXTENDING UNDER THE BASE MEMBER IN SPACED RELATION THERETO FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HANDLE, SAID SECOND STRIP BEING IN PARALLELISM WITH THE FIRST RESILIENT STRIP AND SAID SECOND DEVICE INCLUDING A BATTERY CLIP CARRIED BY THE RESILIENT STRIP THEREOF AND FURTHER INCLUDING CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE SECOND RESILIENT STRIP AND WITH THE OTHER TERMINAL OF SAID LAMP SOCKET TO CARRY CURRENT THEREBETWEEN, (G) SAID RESILIENT STRIPS CARRYING THE BATTERY CLIPS THEREOF AT THEIR FREE EXTREMITIES, AND FURTHER HAVING AT THEIR FREE EXTREMITIES INDIVIDUAL CONTACT MEANS CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGEABLE RESPECTIVELY WITH THE TERMINALS OF A BATTERY CARRIED BY THE SAID BATTERY CLIPS, (H) SAID STRIPS HAVING BENT CLAMPING PORTIONS INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS, FOR CLAMPING ONTO THE HANDLE OF THE DESK SET.