Electrical fixture case

Claim 1

An elecTrical fixture comprising a boxlike case made of insulating material, said case having at least one electrical component in the interior thereof, at least one aperture in the bottom of said case for connection of said component with an electrical circuit externally of said case, a wide-mouthed funnel-shaped recess in the bottom of said case and having sloping walls terminating in a small diameter aperture, an electrically conductive stud extending through said aperture for connecting said component to said external electrical circuit, a head on said stud resting securely within said funnel-shaped recess, said funnel-shaped recess being pyramidal in shape to form at least one space adjacent said stud head, and a conductor wire, one end portion of said wire being connected to the shank of said stud and extending inwardly into the interior of said case and bypassing said head through said space at the juncture between two adjacent sloping walls of said pyramidal-shaped recess, the other end of said wire being connected to said electrical component.