Electrical lamp socket

Claim 1

An electrical socket for mounting on a relatively thin linear polygonal support, said socket accommodating installation of an electric lamp with its bulb projecting from an open end thereof; a heavy duty clip on the exterior of said socket disengageably engageable with said support for mounting the socket thereon as aforesaid; said clip comprising a pair of mutually confronting jaws integrally rooted on a common base and defining between them an open-ended recess capable of embracing said support, the jaws and their base being formed of a relatively rigid substance; said jaws having opposed converging free end surfaces providing a constricted entry to said recess and the interior of said jaws forming together angularly related surfaces shaped to accommodate corners of the said polygonal support when said socket is mounted thereon and for securely positioning said socket on the polygonal support in various angular orientations relative to said support; said jaws being massive and strongly resistant to spreading to exert strong clamping pressure on an oversized support contained in said recess; at least one of said jaws having limited resilience to flex slightly under stress procuring limited spreading of said entry to permit passage of said support therethrough into said recess and thereafter to resume constriction of said entry to contain the support in the recess, the entry being relatively wide to permit passage of said support therethrough with only limited spreading of the said jaws; said clip being oriented on said socket to permit a plurality of such sockets to be mounted on the said support in spaced sideby-side relation with the bulbs projecting therefrom aligned and overhanging said support.