Electric socket contacts and electriccircuit selectors using such contacts

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC SOCKET CONTACT FOR MOUNTING IN A PANEL OPENING AND COMPRISING (A) A RESILIENT STRIP OF METAL BENT TO U-FORM AND PROVIDING A BASE AND TWO ARMS UPSTANDING THEREFROM TO RECEIVE A CONTACT PIN, (B) THE ARMS BEING RESILIENTLY MOVABLE AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER TO PROVIDE CONTACT PRESSURE ON SAID CONTACT PIN, (C) THE U-FORM CONTACT HAVING A SLOT WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS THE BASE AND UP INTO THE LOWER PARTS OF THE ARMS, WHEREBY THE BASE AND LOWER ARM PARTS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO PORTIONS WHICH MAY BE RESILIENTLY COMPRESSED TOGETHER AND THEN RE-SEPARATE, IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE AFORESAID RESILIENT MOVEMENT OF THE ARMS, (D) SPACED PROJECTIONS EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY FROM THE LOWER PARTS OF THE ARM TO ENGAGE THE UPPER AND LOWER FACES OF THE PANEL TO HOLD THE CONTACT ON THE PANEL, (E) THE ARM PORTIONS ABOVE SAID LOWER PARTS PROVIDING THE CONTACT SURFACES FOR ENGAGING A PIN.