Layered circuit holder and receptacle

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE ADAPTED FOR RECEIVING A PRINTED CIRCUIT CARD HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED TERMINAL TABS ARRANGED ALONG ONE EDGE THEROF, THE RECEPTACLE COMPRISING: AN INSULATING HOUSING HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE EDGE AND BEING DEFINED BY SPACED SIDE WALLS JOINED BY END AND BOTTOM WALLS, THE BOTTOM WALL HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THEREIN; A PLURALITY OF CONTACT MEMBERS, EACH OF THE CONTACT MEMBERS HAVING A TERMINAL PORTION AN A RESILIENT CONTACT PORTION, THE RESILIENT CONTACT PORTIONS BEING DISPOSED WITHIN THE OPENING AND ARRANGED IN FIRST AND SECOND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SPACED-APART ROWS, THERE BEING ONE RESILINET CONTACT PORTION IN THE FIRST ROW AND TWO RESILIENT CONTACT PORTIONS IN THE SECOND ROW, THE RESILIENT CONTACT PORTION OF THE FIRST ROW BEING ALIGNED WITH ONE RESILIENT CONTACT PORTION OF THE SECOND ROW IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF THE ROWS; MEANS FOR EXTENDING THE TERMINAL PORTIONS THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE APERTURES FOR LOCATING THE TERMINAL PORTIONS IN FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL PLANES, THE TERMINAL PORTIONS LOCATED IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PLANES BEING ALIGNED IN A DIRECTION THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF THE PLANES, THE TERMINAL PORTION LOCATED IN THE THIRD PLANE BEING OFFSET IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PLANES WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER TERMINAL PORTIONS.