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A light fixture for receipt of a wedge base bulb which is adapted to be surface mounted. The fixture includes a base plate member having a front side and a rear side. A socket member is molded integrally with the base member and extends outwardly from the rear side thereof. The socket member has a f

A light fixture for receipt of a wedge base bulb which is adapted to be surface mounted. The fixture includes a base plate member having a front side and a rear side. A socket member is molded integrally with the base member and extends outwardly from the rear side thereof. The socket member has a front section for receipt of a portion of the bulb and a rear section for receipt of the base portion of the bulb. The rear section is formed with a pair of spaced apart channels which receive and retain connector pins therein. The connector pins are formed to cooperate with surfaces formed in the channels to snap the connector pins in position within the rear section of the base portion. The connector pins have a lead receiving end portion and a bulb receiving end portion. The lead receiving end portion is formed as a male portion of a spade-type connector. The bulb receiving end portion is formed with clip sections which receive and retain the base portion of the bulb and contact the contact leads of the bulb. A lens member is received in covering relationship to the front side of the base member.

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A light fixture for receiving a wedge base light bulb having a body portion, and a base portion including a central portion and a pair of spaced apart generally flat side sections on respective opposite sides of said central portion, with contact wires respectively associated with a surface of each

A light fixture for receiving a wedge base light bulb having a body portion, and a base portion including a central portion and a pair of spaced apart generally flat side sections on respective opposite sides of said central portion, with contact wires respectively associated with a surface of each side section, with each said side section having a transverse recess formed therein, comprising: a generally flat base member having a front side and a rear side, said base member having a centrally disposed opening formed therein; a socket member connected with said base member at said centrally disposed opening and extending outwardly from said rear side of said base member, said socket member having a front section for receipt of a portion of said body portion of the bulb and a rear section for receiving said base portion of the bulb, said rear section having a pair of spaced apart channels integrally formed therein, and a central channel between said spaced apart channels shaped to receive a central portion of said light bulb base portion; and a connector pin means received and retained in each of said spaced apart channels for respectively receiving each of the side sections of said bulb so as to cooperate with said recess formed in each said side section and thereby retain said base portion of said bulb in a position within said socket member and to contact said contact wire associated with the corresponding side section, each said connector pin means including a clip portion for receipt of said respective side section of the base portion and for contacting said contact wire associated therewith, and a lead wire receiving portion for attachment of an electrical lead wire thereto, each said clip portion comprising a pair of spaced apart and facing spring clip sections extending integrally from opposite edges of said lead wire receiving portion, each said clip section having a first end defining a V-shaped section, the apexes of said V-shaped sections extending toward each other so that one of said V-shaped sections of the clip portion of each connector pin means is received in the transverse recess of the respective side section of the light bulb base portion, each of said spaced apart channels being formed with a pair of opposed longitudinally extending grooves integrally formed in said rear section of said socket member, with each of said grooves terminating a short distance from the rear end of said spaced apart channels to thereby define a first inwardly extending surface at the rear end of each said groove, said spaced apart channels each further being formed with a second inwardly extending surface, said clip portions of said connector pin means having a pair of spaced apart, outwardly extending inwardly resiliently deformable ear sections which respectively extend outwardly from second ends of said facing spring clip sections, said ear sections being respectively slidably received and retained within said grooves of each said channel by engagement of each said ear section with a respective one of said first inwardly extending surfaces, each said connector pin means being formed with a ledge portion at the inner edge of said lead wire receiving portion which provides a third surface which is engageable with said second inwardly extending surface of the respective one of said spaced apart channels, whereby each said connector pin means is insertable into the respective one of said spaced apart channels from the rear of said socket member and retained in position therein with said connector pin means precluded from movement in one direction by contact between said ear sections and said first surfaces, and precluded from movement in the other direction by contact between said second and third surfaces, the clip sections of each said connector pin means being urged away from each other attendant to receipt of a respective one of said side sections of said bulb base portion therebetween.