Self-adjusting fluorescent lamp holder assembly

Claim 1

A NON-COMPRESSIBLE FLUORESCENT LAMPHOLDER COMPRISING A BODY HAVING A HEAD PORTION AND A SHANK PORTION ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED IN A MOUNTING OPENING IN A PLATE, A SOCKET RECESS IN SAID BODY OPENING THROUGH THE FACE OF SAID HEAD PORTION AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE TERMINAL PORTION AT ONE END OF A FLOURESCENT LAMP FOR CONNECTING THE LAMP IN AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT, A SEALING GASKET ON SAID HEAD PORTION SURROUNDING SAID SOCKET RECESS AND ADAPTED TO BE COMPRESSED BETWEEN THE INSERTED LAMP AND SAID HOLDER TO PROTECT THE SOCKET RECESS AND LAMP TERMINAL PORTION FROM ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND MOUNTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BODY FOR NON-SLIDABLY MOUNTING OF SAID BODY ON SAID PLATE FOR TILTING MOVEMENT IN ANY DIRECTION, SAID MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING SPRING CLIP MEANS INCLUDING AN UPTURENED PORTION ADJACENT THE FREE ENDS THEREOF SPACED FROM THE REAR END OF SAID HEAD PORTION AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE EDGE OF THE OPENING AND EXTEND OUTWARDLY THEREFROM TO MAINTAIN THE REAR END OF THE HEAD PORTION SPACED FROM THE PLATE, SAID SPRING CLIP MEANS PROVIDING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE BODY WHEREBY SAID BODY MAY BE TILTED IN ANY DIRECTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE EVEN COMPRESSION OF SAID GASKET.