Shock absorbing mountings for vehicle lamp components

Claim 1

AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE LAMP COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A HOUSING INCLUDING A BASE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT UPPER SURFACE PORTION; A ONE-PIECE SHOCK ISOLATING MOUNTING OF RELATIVELY SOFT AND FLEXIBLE RUBBER-LIKE MATERIAL INCLUDING A LATERALLY EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BASE PORTION OF SUBSTANTIAL LATERAL EXTEND OVERLYING AND ENGAGING SAID FLAT UPPER SURFACE PORTION, AND AT LEAST ONE HOLLOW NIPPLE INTEGRAL WITH END EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BASE PORTION IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL THERETO AND HAVING UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY CONVERGING SIDE WALLS; A LAMP SOCKET MEMBER FORMED WITH AN APERTURE RECEIVING THE UPPER END OF SAID NIPPLE AND SUPPORTED SOLELY BY ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONVERGING SIDE WALLS; WHEREBY SAID LAMP SOCKET MEMBER IS RESILIENTLY SUPPORTED BY SAID NIPPLE AND ISOLATED THEREBY FROM SHOCKS RECEIVED BY SAID BASE; A LENS ENCLOSING SAID LAMP SOCKET MEMBER AND HAVING A RIM ENGAGING SAID SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BASE PORTION OF SAID SOCKET ISOLATING MOUNTING; AND RETAINING MEANS ENGAGING SAID LENS ADJACENT SAID RIM AND HOLDING SAID LENS IN COMPRESSING RELATION WITH SAID SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BASE PORTION AND ASSEMBLED TO SAID LAMP BASE; SAID SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BASE PORTION OF SAID SHOCK ISOLATING MOUNTING ACTING AS A SEALING GASKET FOR SAID LENS; SAID HOUSING BASE BEING RELATIVELY ELONGATED; SAID RETAINING