Lamp assembly with resilient mounting for wedge base bulbs

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IN A LAMP ASSEMBLY, A HOUSING HAVING A BACK WITH A FLAT INNER SURFACE, A LENS MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING TO DEFINE A CHAMBER THEREIN, A LAMP SOCKET IN SAID CHAMBER TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT A WEDGE BASE BULB HAVING A TRANSPARENT GLASS ENVELOPE SURROUNDING A FILAMENT AND A GLASS BASE PORTION EXTENDING FROM SAID ENVELOPE, SAID BASE HAVING AN AXIAL CENTRAL SHAFT AND OPPOSITE LATERALLY EXTENDING WINGS WITH SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL OPPOSED FACES AND TRANSVERSE GROOVES IN SAID FACES EXTENDING FROM SAID CENTRAL SHAFT, SAID BULB HAVING TWO TERMINAL WIRES EXTENDING FROM THE FILAMENT THROUGH THE BASE AND TURNED TOWARD THE ENVELOPE AND LYING ALONG FACES OF THE WINGS AND GROOVES WITH ONE WIRE ON ONE FACE OF ONE WING AND THE OTHER WIRE ON THE OPPOSITE FACE OF THE OTHER WING, SAID LAMP SOCKET HAVING AN ELECTRIC CONTACT RETAINING BODY MEMBER OF NON-CONDUCTING RESILIENT MATERIAL AND ELASTIC THROUGHOUT, SAID BODY MEMBER HAVING OPPOSED SURFACES, SAID BODY MEMBER HAVING A CAVITY OF GENERALLY ELONGATE CROSS SECTION OPENING AT ONE OPPOSED SURFACE AND TERMINATING IN A BOTTOM PORTION IN SPACED RELATION TO THE OTHER OPPOSED SURFACE, SAID CAVITY HAVING A TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTIONAL SHAPE SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING TO THE CROSS SECTIONAL SHAPE OF THE BULB BASE AND SLIGHTLY SMALLER WHEREBY THE BODY MEMBER PORTIONS DEFINING THE CAVITY RESILIENTLY ENGAGE THE FACES OF THE BULB BASE WINGS AND CENTRAL SHAFT, SPACED RESILIENT METAL CONTACTS EMBEDDED IN THE BODY MEMBER IN SAID CAVITY ENGAGING BULB TERMINALS ON A BULB BASE POSITIONED IN SAID CAVITY, MEANS ON SAID CONTACTS ENGAGING THE TRANSVERSE GROOVE IN THE BULB BASE TO RETAIN THE BULB THEREIN, SAID MEANS BEING SPACED FROM SAID ONE SURFACE OF THE BODY MEMBER WHEREBY THE ADJACENT PORTION OF THE ENVELOPE IS RESILIENTLY ENGAGED BY THE BODY MEMBER AT SAID ONE SURFACE AND THE BULB BASE END REMOTE FROM SAID ENVELOPE ENGAGES THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID CAVITY, A PAIR OF SPACED APART CAVITIES EACH EQUALLY SPACED IN SAID BODY MEMBER FROM THE FIRST-NAMED CAVITY AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL THERETO, SAID CONTACTS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED WITH SPACED LEG PORTIONS RESILIENTLY ENGAGING OPPOSED FACES OF THE WINGS OF THE BULB BASE, AN EXTENSION ON ONE OF THE LEGS OF EACH OF SAID CONTACTS, CONDUCTOR RECEIVING MEMBERS ON SAID EXTENSION AND POSITIONED IN THE RESPECTIVE SPACED APART CAVITIES, EACH OF SAID CAVITIES HAVING ENLARGED PORTIONS SPACED FROM SAID ONE SURFACE OF THE BODY MEMBER AND DEFINING INWARDLY FACING SHOULDERS, MEANS ON ONE OF THE CONTACT LEG MEMBERS AND THE CONDUCTOR RECEIVING MEMBERS ENGAGING SAID SHOULDERS TO RETAIN THE CONTACTS IN THE BODY MEMBER, LATERALLY EXTENDING FLANGES INTEGRAL WITH SAID BODY MEMBER, AND MEANS SECURING SAID FLANGES RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING TO SUPPORT SAID BODY MEMBER IN SAID CHAMBER.