Multiple circuit breaker assembly

Claim 1

A MULTIPLE CIRCUIT BREAKER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: (A) FOUR CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE ALIGNMENT IN A ROW, EACH OF SAID CIRCUIT BREAKERS HAVING A TOP WALL AND A HANDLE PROJECTING THEREFROM, EACH OF SAID HANDLES HAVING AN "ON" POSITION AND AN "OFF" POSITION SPACED APART A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE, ALL OF SAID HANDLES BEING IN ALIGNMENT WHEN IN SAID "ON" AND SAID "OFF" POSITIONS RESPECTIVELY, (B) MEANS RIGIDLY CONNECTING SAID CIRCUIT BREAKERS TOGETHER IN SAID SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION, (C) THE FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN SAID ROW HAVING A COMMON LINE TERMINAL AND SEPARATE LOAD TERMINALS, (D) THE THIRD AND FOURTH CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN SAID ROW HAVING A COMMON LINE TERMINAL AND SEPARATE LOAD TERMINALS, (E) A RIGID HANDLE TIE BAR INTERCONNECTING SAID HANDLES OF SAID SECOND AND THIRD CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION, (F) A GENERALLY U-SHAPED RIGID HANDLE TIE MEMBER OF SHEET METAL MATERIAL INTERCONNECTING SAID HANDLES OF SAID FIRST AND FOURTH CIRCUIT BREAKERS, SAID U-SHAPED HANDLE TIE MEMBER HAVING ITS BIGHT PORTION EXTENDING PARALLEL TO AND SUBSTANTIALLY CO-PLANAR WITH SAID FIRST HANDLE TIE BAR, THE LEGS OF SAID U-SHAPED HANDLE TIE MEMBER BEING OF GREATER LENGTH THAN SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID "ON" AND "OFF" POSITIONS OF SAID HANDLE, TO PERMIT OPERATION OF SAID FIRST AND FOURTH CIRCUIT BREAKER HANDLES TO SAID "ON" POSITION WHILE SAID SECOND AND THIRD CIRCUIT BREAKER HANDLES REMAIN IN SAID "OFF" POSITION, (G) EACH OF SAID LEGS OF SAID U-SHAPED HANDLE TIE MEMBER HAVING A NOTCH THEREIN OPENING OUTWARDLY OF SAID U-SHAPED HANDLE TIE MEMBER, (H) SAID HANDLES OF SAID FIRST AND FOURTH CIRCUIT BREAKERS HAVING GROOVES THEREIN RECEIVING PORTIONS OF SAID HANDLE TIE MEMBER AND COOPERATING WITH SAID NOTCHES TO RETAIN SAID HANDLE TIE MEMBER IN ASSEMBLED RELATION ON SAID HANDLES WHEN SAID CIRCUIT BREAKERS ARE IN SAID SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION.