Manual by-pass for meter socket

Claim 1

IN A METER SOCKET HAVING A PLURALITY OF LINE AND LOAD TERMINALS ATTACHED TO THE BASE PLATE THEREOF, A MANUAL BY-PASS DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL BY-PASS FROM THE LINE TERMINALS TO THE LOAD TERMINALS COMPRISING; A PAIR OF BODIES OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL, EACH OF SAID BODIES BEING MOUNTED DIRECTLY ON THE BASE PLATE OF THE METER SOCKET APART FROM THE PLURALITY OF LINE AND LOAD TERMINALS, EACH OF SAID BODIES HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL TERMINALS MOUNTED IN EACH OF SAID BODIES, SAID PAIR OF ELECTRICAL TERMINALS BEING IN SIDE-BYSIDE SPACED RELATION AND FORMED WITH A PORTION THEREOF PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE OPENING IN EACH OF SAID BODIES, TWO PAIR OF FLEXIBLE INSULATED CONDUCTORS, EACH PAIR OF CONDUCTORS BEING ATTACHED TO THE TERMINAL MEANS IN EACH OF SAID ELECTRICALLY INSULATED BODIES, ONE END OF EACH PAIR OF SAID TWO PAIR OF CONDUCTORS BEING CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID TERMINALS WITHIN SAID BODY, AND THE OTHER ENDS OF EACH PAIR OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS BEING CONNECTED TO TERMINALS IN SAID SOCKET, ONE OF SAID OTHER ENDS OF EACH PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS BEING CONNECTED TO A LINE TERMINAL, AND THE REMAINING END OF SAID OTHER ENDS OF EACH PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS BEING CONNECTED TO A LOAD TERMINAL, A SHORTING LINK FOR CONNECTING EACH PAIR OF SAID TERMINALS TOGETHER WITHIN SAID BODY, SAID SHORTING LINK COMPRISING A SPRING CLIP MEANS CONTACTING SAID SIDE-BYSIDE SPACED TERMINALS, WHEREBY THE LINE TERMINALS ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE LOAD TERMINALS TO PROVIDE THE DESIRED MANUAL BY-PASS.