Multiple electrical connector and method of constructing said connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING: A BASE MEMBER CONSTRUCTED OF AN INSULATIVE MATERIAL AND HAVING A LONGITUDINAL GROOVE IN THE TOP FACE THEREOF; A GENERALLY VERTICAL RECESS IN ONE SIDE OF SAID GROOVE; A FIRST OPENING BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF SAID RECESS AND THE BOTTOM FACE OF SAID BASE, A CAVITY ADJACENT SAID FIRST OPENING AND EXTENDING DOWNWARD FROM THE TOP FACE, A NARROW SLOT PERPENDICULAR TO SAID GROOVE JOINING SAID RECESS AND SAID CAVITY THEREBY FORMING A SHOULDER DEFINED BY SIDES EACH OF WHICH ARE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID FRONT FACE; A CONTACT ELEMENT CONSTRUCTED FROM A UNITARY SHEET OF CONDUCTIVE RESILIENT MATERIAL AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED PORTION, A CONTACT CYLINDER AND A CONTACT SPRING; SAID CONTACT ELEMENT BEING LOCATED WITHIN SAID BASE ELEMENT SO THAT SAID CONTACT CYLINDER EXTENDS THROUGH SAID OPENING, THE SIDES OF SAID U-SHAPED PORTION ENGAGE RESPECTIVE EXPOSED SIDES OF SAID SHOULDER SO AS TO PREVENT LATERAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTACT ELEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID BASE, AND SAID CONTACT SPRING IS LOCATED IN SAID RECESS.