Ground clip for electrical outlet and switch boxes

Claim 1

A FRICTIONALLY SECURED QUICK ATTACHMENT CONNECTION FOR CLAMPING PARTS TOGETHER COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF AN ELECTRICAL PART HAVING A METAL WALL WHICH IS SMOOTH ADJACENT ONE EDGE, A GROUNDING PART TERMINATING IN A LENGTH OF BARE WIRE DISPOSED ALONGSIDE SAID WALL, AND A FRICTIONALLY HELD CLIP FOR CLAMPING THE BARE WIRE ADJACENT THE EDGE OF THE WALL AND HAVING COLLATERAL LEGS FORCED INTO STRADDLING ENGAGEMENT UPON THE WALL WITH ONE LEG ARRANGED WITH A SADDLE PORTION RIDING ON SAID LENGTH OF WIRE, THE MAXIMUM DEPTH WITHIN SAID SADDLE PORTION BEING LESS THAN THE WIRE THICKNESS, THERE BEING TOOL-ENGAGING SHOULDERS ON SAID CLIP AND A SHARP-CORNERED POINT IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE ENDS OF SAID SADDLE PORTION AND IMBEDDED IN THE LENGTH OF WIRE, AND A PAIR OF POINTS ON ANOTHER LEG OF SAID CLIP DIGGING INTO A SIDE OF THE WALL, SAID PAIR PROVIDING A LINE OF PRESSURE POINTS WHICH ARE LATERALLY SPACED WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER IN AN ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY THE INTERSECTION OF SAID WIRE WITH A TRANSVERSE PLANE THROUGH THE LATTER LINE OF POINTS SUBSTANTIALLY BISECTS THE CLAMPED LENGTH OF THAT WIRE WHICH IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID SADDLE PORTION AND EXTENDING FROM SAID SHARP-CORNERED POINT.