Hermaphroditic electrical connectors

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING: (A) A DRUM-SHAPED INSULATING BLOCK HAVING A DIAMETRICAL CUT-OUT DEFINING A SEMI-CIRCULAR RAISED SEGMENT AND A SEMI-CIRCULAR DEPRESSED SEGMENT, (B) SAID RAISED SEGMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF HOLES FORMED LONGITUDINALLY THEREIN, (C) A CONTACT PIN CONCENTRICALLY MOUNTED WITHIN EACH OF SAID HOLES AND PROTECTIVELY DISPOSED THEREIN, (D) SAID DEPRESSED SEGMENT HAVING LONGITUDINALLY PROJECTING INSULATING COLUMNS FORMED THEREON EQUAL IN NUMBER TO SAID HOLES AND SYMMETRICALLY ARRANGED WITH RESPECT THERETO, (E) A CONTACT RECEPTACLE PROTECTIVELY DISPOSED IN EACH OF SAID COLUMNS, AND (F) A PLURALITY OF JUMPER BARS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID INSULATING BLOCK EACH OF WHICH INTERCONNECTS A RESPECTIVE CONTACT PIN AND THE CORRESPONDINGLY POSITIONED CONTACT RECEPTACLE TO RENDER SAID CONNECTOR ELECTRICALLY NON-REVERSIBLE, WHEREBY WHEN TWO SUCH CONNECTORS ARE INTERCOUPLED THE COLUMNS OF ONE ARE RECEIVED WITHIN THE HOLES OF THE OTHER AND THE CONTACT PINS IN SAID HOLES ENGAGE THE CONTACT RECEPTACLES IN SAID COLUMNS, AND WHEN THE TWO CONNECTORS ARE UNCOUPLED THE CONTACT PINS AND CONTACT RECEPTACLES ARE PROTECTED FROM HUMAN CONTACT.