Cable connector for plug-in panel

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH AN ELECTRIC PANEL ASSEMBLY HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL BUS BARS AND A ROW OF PLUG-TYPE STATIONARY ELECTRICAL CONTACTS, EACH OF SAID CONTACTS BEING CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID BUS BARS, AND RETAINING MEANS IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OF SAID STATIONARY PLUG-TYPE CONTACTS, A CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: (A) AN INSULATING BODY HAVING A BASE PORTION AND PARALLEL OPPOSED UPSTANDING SIDE WALL PORTIONS; (B) A SCREW TYPE ELECTRIC CABLE CONNECTOR CARRIED BY SAID BASE BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED SIDE WALLS ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID BODY; (C) A PAIR OF SPACED APART SOCKET-TYPE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS CARRIED BY SAID BASE BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED SIDE WALLS ADJACENT THE OTHER END OF SAID BODY; (D) SAID INSULATING BODY INCLUDING A GENERALLY U-SHAPED WALL IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID PLUG-TYPE CONNECTORS, THE SPACE WITHIN SAID U-SHAPED WALL BEING OPEN FROM FRONT TO BACK OF SAID BODY. (E) MEANS CONNECTING SAID CABLE CONNECTOR TO EACH OF SAID SOCKET-TYPE CONNECTORS, AND (F) MEANS CARRIED BY SAID INSULATING BODY AND COOPERABLE WITH SAID RETAINING MEANS WHEREBY SAID INSULATING BODY MAY BE ENGAGED WITH SAID RETAINING MEANS AND PIVOTED THEREABOUT INTO PLUGGED-IN ELECTRICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STATIONARY PLUG-TYPE CONTACTS; (G) THE TRANSVERSE DIMENSION OF SAID SPACE WITHIN SAID U-SHAPED WALL BEING GREATER THAN THE CORRESPONDING DIMENSION OF SAID INSULATING BODY AT EITHER SIDE THEREOF, WHEREBY SAID INSULATING BODY MAY BE MOUNTED IN NESTED RELATION WITH ANOTHER SIMILAR INSULATING BODY MOUNTED ON SAID PANEL ASSEMBLY FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF.