Wire connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING AN INSULATING BODY HAVING A BORE THERETHROUGH WITH MEANS DEFINING OPPOSITELY OUTWARDLY FACING SHOULDERS CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID BORE RELATIVELY ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BORE, AND A RESILIENT METALLIC TERMINAL MEMBER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR BODY HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT EXTENDING FROM END-TO-END THEREOF, SAID BODY HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REAR END, SAID REAR END FLARING OUTWARDLY SUBSTANTIALLY FRUSTO-CONICALLY TO ENGAGE THE WALLS OF SAID BORE SNUGLY, A PAIR OF RESILIENT RETAINER WINGS STRUCK FROM SAID BODY ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF SUBSTANTIALLY IN A COMMON DIAMETRICAL PLANE, SAID WINGS BEING INTEGRAL WITH SAID BODY RELATIVELY TOWARD THE FORWARD END AND EXTENDING DIAGONALLY OUT AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER AND TOWARD THE REAR OF SAID BODY AND TERMINATING SHORT OF SAID REAR END TO SNAP OVER AND ENGAGE ONE OF SAID SHOULDERS OF SAID INSULATING BODY TO RESIST UNAUTHORIZED WITHDRAWAL OF SAID TERMINAL REARWARDLY OF SAID BODY, SAID TERMINAL FURTHER HAVING A SHANK REARWARDLY OF SAID BODY INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPLACED FLANGES SUBSTANTIALLY IN SAID COMMON PLANE AND HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLE SHOULDERS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE OTHER OF SAID SHOULDERS OF SAID INSULATING BODY TO RESIST UNAUTHORIZED WITHDRAWAL FORWARDLY, SAID SHANK REARWARDLY OF SAID PAIR OF FLANGES HAVING MEANS FOR GRIPPING A BARE WIRE AND ADDITIONAL MEANS FOR GRIPPING INSULATION ON SUCH A WIRE.