Electrical terminal block connection and terminal members therefor

Claim 1

A TERMINAL MEMBER COMPRISING, A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BLOCK OF NON-CONDUCTING MATERIAL HAVING AT LEAST ONE FLAT FACE, SAID FLAT FACE HAVING A TERMINAL-CLIP-RECEIVING RECESS FORMED THEREIN WITH SAID RECESS BEING PROVIDED WITH OUTWARDLY FACING FLANGE MEANS SPACED FROM THE FLAT FACE OF SAID BLOCK, AND A TWO-PIECE TERMINAL CLIP FORMED OF A PAIR OF SEPARATE IDENTICALLY SHAPED, ELONGATED GRIPPING JAW MEMBERS, EAHC OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A FLAT END PORTION, AN OFFSET PORTION ADJACENT THERETO AND DEFINED BY FOUR SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR BENDS IN SAID MEMBER, AND AN OPPOSITE END PORTION WHICH TAPERS FROM SAID OFFSET PORTION TOWARD A PLANE PASSING THROUGH SAID FLAT END PORTION, SAID PAIR OF ELONGATED JAW MEMBERS BEING POSITIONED SIDE BY SIDE WITH SAID OFFSET PORTIONS OPPOSING EACH OTHER, AND MEANS PASSING THROUGH SAID FLAT END PORTIONS OF SAID PAIR OF ELONGATED GRIPPING JAW MEMBERS FOR SECURING SAID MEMBERS TOGETHER, SAID TWO-PIECE TERMINAL CLIP BEING FITTED IN SAID RECESS IN SAID BLOCK WITH SAID OPPOSITELY FACING OFFSET PORTIONS SUPPORTING THE TERMINAL CLIP ON SAID OUTWARDLY FACING FLANGE MEANS IN SAID RECESS SO THAT THE SECURED END OF THE TERMINAL CLIP EXTENDS INTO THE RECESS BEYOND SAID FLANGE MEANS AND SO THAT SAID TAPERED OPPOSITE END PORTIONS PROJECT FROM THE FLAT FACE OF SAID BLOCK AND CONVERGE GENERALLY TOWARD EACH OTHER WITH THE TIPS THEREOF DIVERGING SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TO FACILITATE GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT OF SAID TERMINAL CLIP WITH A TERMINAL BLADE.