Electrical connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING AN EXTRUDED BASE MEMBER CONFIGURATED TO FORM A PLANAR OUTER WALL, A PLANAR INNER WALL AND AN ARCUATE INTERCONNECTING WALL PORTION DEFINING A CONDUCTOR RECEIVING CHANNEL, SAID OUTER WALL HAVING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING LIP FORMED THEREON, AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING SECTION DISPOSED TO OVERHANG SAID INNER WALL, SAID SECTION HAVING A DOWNWARDLY OPENING GROOVE THEREIN EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID SECTION TO THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF, AN EXTRUDED CLAMP MEMBER OF GENERALLY RIGHT ANGULAR CROSS SECTION, AND INCLUDING A PLANAR VERTICAL WALL AND A PLANAR HORIZONTAL UPPER WALL, SAID VERTICAL WALL HAVING AN UPTURNED LIP IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING LIP ON THE OUTER WALL OF THE BASE MEMBER, AND SERVING TO HOLD SAID VERTICAL WALL IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PLANAR OUTER WALL, SAID HORIZONTAL WALL HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING LIP FORMED THEREON IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DOWNWARDLY OPENING GROOVE AND SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING SECTION OF THE BASE MEMBER, SAID HORIZONTAL WALL OF THE CLAMP MEMBER TERMINATING IN A PLANAR EDGE DISPOSED IN ABUTMENT WITH SAID INNER WALL OF THE BASE MEMBER, SAID HORIZONTAL WALL HAVING A THREADED OPENING FORMED THEREIN, A SET SCREW IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID OPENING, SAID SET SCREW BEING THREADABLE TO A POSITION IN WHICH A THREADED PORTION OF SAID SET SCREW EXTENDS BELOW THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID OUTER WALL, SAID LAST NAMED PORTION OF SAID SET SCREW BEING DISPOSED CLOSELY ADJACENT TO SAID WALL AND BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID WALL TO LIMIT OUTWARD PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CLAMP MEMBER, SAID BASE MEMBER HAVING A RECESS FORMED THEREIN, AND MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CLAMP MEMBER IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID RECESS TO PREVENT LONGITUDINAL DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID CLAMP MEMBER AND BASE MEMBER, SAID CLAMP MEMBER AND SAID BASE MEMBER BEING DIMENSIONED WHEREBY SAID MEMBERS ARE HELD IN ASSEMBLED RELATIONSHIP WHEN SAID SET SCREW IS THREADED SO THAT SAID SET SCREW EXTENDS A SMALL DISTANCE BELOW THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID OUTER WALL.