Miniature flash attachment and photoflash lamp socket receiving portion

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH A MULTILAMP FLASH UNIT HAVING A PLURALITY OF IGNITABLE PHOTOFLASH LAMPS MOUNTED ON A BASE WITH A DEPENDING CONNECTING POST AND A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING LUGS, A PHOTOFLASH ATTACHMENT COMPRISING: A HOLLOW BODY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POTENTIAL HAVING A PAIR OF TERMINAL CONNECTING POLES DISPOSED WITHIN THE BODY, SPRING RETAINING MEANS POSITIONED ABOVE THE SOURCE AND ENGAGEABLE WITH AT LEAST A PAIR OF THE LUGS OF A MULTILAMP FLASH UNIT, A COVER OVERLYING THE SPRING RETAINING MEANS AND DEFINING A CENTRAL ACCESS OPENING PERMITTING INSERTION OF THE CONNECTING POST AND LUGS OF A MULTILAMP FLASH UNIT INTO THE HOLLOW BODY FOR ENGAGEMENT OF THE SPRING RETAINING MEANS WITH THE SAID PAIR OF LUGS, THE COVER FURTHER DEFINING AN ANNULAR GROOVE COAXIAL WITH THE ACCESS OPENING, A PAIR OF CONTACT TERMINALS DISPOSED WITHIN THE GROOVE FOR ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH LEAD-IN WIRES OF A SELECTED ONE PHOTOFLASH LAMP OF AN INSERTED MULTILAMP FLASH UNIT, A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL LEADS, ONE LEAD CONNECTING ONE OF THE TERMINALS WITH ONE POLE OF THE SOURCE AND THE OTHER CONNECTING THE OTHER TERMINAL WITH THE HOLLOW BODY, AND CONTACT MEANS RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER POLE OF THE SOURCE AND THE HOLLOW BODY FOR CONNECTION TO A CAMERA SYNCHRONIZER SWITCH.