Fluorescent tube lampholder with compact switching means operable with the insertionand removal of a fluorescent lamp

Claim 1

A LAMPHOLDER COMPRISING: A HOUSING MADE OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING A BASE AT ONE END, ONE FACE WALL AND SIDE WALLS EXTENDING FROM THE BASE ALONG THE OUTER EDGES OF THE FACE WALL IN CONVERGING RELATION TO FORM A TAPERED, THIN HOUSING STRUCTURE, THE FACE OPPOSITE SAID FACE WALL BEING OPEN, SPACED OPPOSED TERMINAL STRIPS OF RESILIENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTING MATERIAL IN SAID HOUSING EXTENDING GENERALLY FROM END TO END THEREOF ADJACENT SAID SIDE WALLS RESPECTIVELY, SAID TERMINAL STRIPS BEING SHAPED TO HAVE SUPPORTED PORTIONS WHICH ARE CLOSE TOGETHER ADJACENT SAID BASE BUT HAVING THEIR ADJACENT ENDS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TO FORM SHORT FLEXIBLE WIRE ENGAGING PORTIONS, THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID TERMINAL STRIPS HAVING FLEXIBLE LAMP TERMINAL PIN ENGAGING PORTIONS ADJACENT THEIR OUTER ENDS, MEANS IN SAID HOUSING ENGAGING OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TERMINAL STRIPS AT THEIR SUPPORTED PORTIONS TO SUPPORT THESE PORTIONS AGAINST FLEXING BUT PERMITTING FLEXURE OF SAID FLEXIBLE PORTIONS, ONE OF SAID TERMINAL STRIPS HAVING ONE OF ITS WIRE ENGAGING PORTIONS CUT AWAY,