Universal bulb holder
CA 2188337 C · Owner: Protz, William F. Jr. · Inventors: Protz, William F. Jr.
Overview
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A universal bulb holder including a base member having at one end thereof opposed first trapping members having sufficient flexibility to grip a C-7 or C-9 Christmas bulb and mounting mechanism at the other end thereof. Opposed second trapping members are intermediate the first trapping members and the mounting mechanism to trap and hold a mini-bulb socket therebetween in order to provide a bulb holder for a C-7 C-9, or mini-bulb. The bulb holder may be combined with a light clip having an attachment portion for removably mounting the light clip to a support surface such as a shingle or gutter and mechanism carried by the attachment portion having a plurality of discrete stop positions …
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- Filed October 21, 1996 and granted February 22, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 21, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 21, 2018.
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