Motor vehicle clearance and marker lamps with shock isolation

Claim 1

AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE LAMP COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A BASE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT OUTER SURFACE PORTION; A GENERALLY FLAT ONE-PIECE INTEGRAL SHOCK ISOLATING MOUNTING OF RELATIVELY SOFT AND FLEXIBLE RUBBER-LIKE MATERIAL, HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT MARGINAL PORTION ENGAGING SAID SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT OUTER SURFACE PORTION, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRAL HOLLOW OUTWARDLY PROJECTING NIPPLE, OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR LATERAL CROSS SECTION, FORMED BY WALLS SLOPING TOWARD EACH OTHER AT A VERY SMALL ACUTE ANGLE TO SAID MARGINAL PORTION, AND THEN EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID MARGINAL PORTION TO FORM A RELATIVELY SHORT SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR NECK, THE OUTER END OF THE NECK TERMINATING IN A RELATIVELY SHORT LATERALLY EXTENDING PERIPHERAL LIP; AND A LAMP SOCKET ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A RELATIVELY RIGID SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR PORTION FORMED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR APERTURE CLOSELY EMBRACING SAID SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR NECK FOR SUPPORT SOLELY BY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID SLOPING WALLS AND RETENTION THEREON BY SAID LIP; SAID LAMP SOCKET ASSEMBLY INCLUDING LAMP BULB RETAINING MEANS AND LAMP BULB ENGAGING CONTACT MEANS; WHEREBY SAID LAMP SOCKET ASSEMBLY IS RESILIENTLY SUPPORTED SOLELY BY SAID NIPPLE AND ISOLATED THEREBY FROM SHOCKS RECEIVED BY SAID BASE.