Wedge base lamp socket assembly

Claim 1

In a lamp socket for a wedge base incandescent lamp comprising a cylindrical shape plastic body member with a hollow cavity opening at one end into which the lamp is inserted for frictional engagement with a pair of connector elements located at the bottom of said hollow cavity, a first and second pair of slots located in opposing relationship at the other end of said plastic body member, only said first pair of slots communicating with said connector elements but with said second pair of slots being electrically connected to said connector elements with external electrical elements, and electrically conductive metal terminals which are pressed into the slots for electrical contact with said connector elements, the improvements which further include a pair of opposing resilient fingers being integrally formed in the open end of the plastic body member to physically engage external lamp support means and larger size openings at one end of each slot to accommodate external electrical elements frictionally engaged in said larger size openings for electrical contact with the connector elements.