Battery connector

Claim 1

A BATTERY CONNECTOR COMPRISING A COLLAR HAVING A CENTRAL BORE AND A RADIAL SLOT AXIALLY OF THE BORE, THE COLLAR PROVIDING SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CYLINDRICAL SOCKETS AXIALLY PARALLEL TO THE BORE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SLOT AND SAID COLLAR BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICAL ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SLOT, FIRST AND SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBERS HAVING SEMI-CYLINDRICAL SURFACES INTERCHANGEABLY MOUNTED IN THE SOCKETS OF THE COLLAR ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SLOT FOR ROTATION ABOUT AXES SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE BORE, THE SEMI-CYLINDRICAL SOCKETS AND SURFACES OF THE ROTATABLE MEMBERS BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME RADIUS FOR INTERCHANGEABLE FITTED ENGAGEMENT OF SAID MEMBERS IN THE SOCKETS, A TENSION ELEMENT RADIALLY AND SLIDABLY EXTENDED THROUGH THE FIRST OF THE MEMBERS TRANSVERSELY OF THE SLOT AND CONNECTED TO THE SECOND MEMBER ECCENTRICALLY OF SAID SECOND MEMBER''S AXIS, MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TENSION ELEMENT WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THE FIRST MEMBER BUT ENGAGED WITH THE FIRST MEMBER AND ADJUSTABLE TO REGULATE THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF THE TENSION ELEMENT BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS AND BY SUCH ENGAGEMENT TRANSLATING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE ELEMENT INTO CORRESPONDING ROTARY MOVEMENT OF THE FIRST MEMBER IN ITS SOCKET, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE SECOND MEMBER FOR ROTATING THE SECOND MEMBER IN ITS SOCKET TO TENSION AND TO RELEASE THE TENSION ELEMENT WHEREBY THE PORTIONS OF THE COLLAR ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SLOT ARE RESPECTIVELY URGED TOWARD EACH OTHER AND RELEASED.