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AN ELECTRIC CONNECTOR FOR RELEASABLY CONNECTING TWO SETS OF CONDUCTORS, SAID CONNECTOR COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY PLATE-SHAPED INSULATION BODY HAVING IN ONE OF ITS FACE SIDES A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT ROW OF POCKETS AND INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE PORTION OF REDUCED GAUGE BETWEEN SAID ROW AND THE REMAINING FULL-GAUGE PORTION OF THE BODY, SAID FLEXIBLE PORTION EXTENDING ACROSS THE LENGTH OF SAID ROW, SET OF SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT CONTACT ELEMENTS SECURED AT ONE END TO THE FULL-GAUGE PORTION OF THE BODY ON SAID ONE FACE SIDE, SAID SECURED ENDS OF THE CONTACT ELEMENTS CONSTITUTING FIRST TERMINALS FOR ONE OF SAID SETS OF CONDUCTORS, EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS PROTRUDING FROM THE FULL-GAUGE BODY PORTION PARALLEL TO SAID FLEXIBLE BODY PORTION AND SPACED APART THEREFROM AND TERMINATING IN A SECOND TERMINAL, EACH OF SAID SECOND TERMINALS BEING ENGAGED WITH THE RESPECTIVE POCKET WHEN SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS AND SAID FLEXIBLE BODY PORTION ARE PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND BEING DISENGAGED FROM THE RESPECTIVE POCKET WHEN SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS AND SAID FLEXIBLE BODY PORTION ARE BENT APART IN REFERENCE TO EACH OTHER, WHEREBY UPON BENDING OF THE FLEXIBLE BODY PORTION INTO A POSITION IN WHICH SAID SECOND TERMINALS ARE DISENGAGED FROM SAID POCKETS, SPACE IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR ATTACHING CONDUCTORS OF SAID SECOND SET TO SAID SECOND TERMINALS, AND UPON RESTORING OF THE FLEXIBLE BODY PORTION TO ITS POSITION PARALLEL TO SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS, SAID CONDUCTORS OF THE SECOND SET ARE RETAINED IN THE RESPECTIVE POCKETS BY THE RE-ENGAGED SECOND TERMINALS.