Combined light socket and mounting bracket

Claim 1

A mounting bracket means for use in combination with a lamp socket, to permit one-handed securing of the bracket means in substantially permanent attached relation to a support structure such as a roof guttering having a projecting rib portion, and providing a stable mount to receive a said lamp socket in onehanded mounted relation thereon, comprising: a bracket body portion having an inward facing surface to fit in abutting relation against a said support structure: at least one deformable lip portion extending from said body portion for deforming into gripping relation with said support rib portion by unassisted manual deformation, to secure said inner surface in said abutting relation to said support structure; and clip means of struck-out section projecting outwardly from an intermediate portion of said body portion, having outer surfaces of said body portion in adjacent bounding relation therewith, and offset from said clip means to provide a socket stabilizing surface on each side of said clip means, said clip means receiving a tongue portion of a said lamp socket in inserted relation therein to secure said tongue portion in resiliently secured relation against said body portion outer surfaces, to permit one-handed secured attachment thereto.