US Patent Issued to Canny Systems on Dec. 23 for "Light stake with bulb socket" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,154, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Canny Systems LLC (Mansfield, Texas).

"Light stake with bulb socket" was invented by Stacy L. Kennedy (Mansfield, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light stake for holding a light bulb includes a spike with a body extending along a spike axis between a top end and an insertion end, a connecting base at the top end of the body, and a socket having a socket axis. The socket has a socket base, a plurality of fingers, and a strengthening fillet. The socket base is perpendicular to the socket axis and with a solid-material periphery extending on all sides of the socket axis. The fingers extend ...