Multiple electrical-connection terminal strip

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING, AT AN EXPOSED UPPER SURFACE OF A RIGID INSULATING SHEET OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, RELEASABLE MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR AT THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE SHEET, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION WITH SAID SHEET, A TERMINAL STRIP DEVICE HAVING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SHEETMETAL CONDUCTIVE TUBULAR MEMBERS EACH WITH PERIPHERAL FLANGES ABOUT THEIR OPPOSITE ENDS, AND HAVING A RESILIENT SHEET-METAL CONDUCTIVE STRIP INTEGRAL WITH AND INTERCONNECTING ADJACENT PERIPHERAL FLANGE REGIONS OF THE MEMBERS AT ONE END THEREOF AND MAINTAINING THE MEMBERS IN FIXED SEPARATED RELATIONSHIP, SAID UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF SAID INSULATING SHEET BEING FLAT, SAID INSULATING SHEET HAVING A THICKNESS CORRESPONDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE LENGTH OF THE TUBULAR MEMBERS AND HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APERTURES THEREIN RECEIVING THE PAIR OF TUBULAR MEMBERS WITH THE PERIPHERAL END FLANGES THEREOF LOCKING THE MEMBERS WITHIN THE APERTURES AND WITH SAID CONDUCTIVE STRIP JUXTAPOSED WITH SAID LOWER SURFACE, SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID RESILIENT CONDUCTIVE STRIP AND THE OVERLYING PORTION OF THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING SHEET AND BEING CLAMPED AGAINST THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE SHEET BY THE RESILIENT ACTION OF SAID CONDUCTIVE STRIP, SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS CONSTITUTING CONDUCTIVE RECEPTACLES IN SAID INSULATING SHEET FOR RECEIVING PLUG-IN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS INSERTED IN SAID RECEPTACLES AT THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID SHEET TO ESTABLISH RELEASABLE MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS WITH THE FIRST-MENTIONED CONDUCTOR AT THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID SHEET.