Electrical connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR USEFUL FOR CONTACTING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR UPON A CIRCUIT-BEARING BOARD OR THE LIKE AND ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTEDF AND EXTEND AWAY FROM THE SURFACE OF A SUPPORT MEANS MADE OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATIVE MATERIAL, SAID CONNECTOR BEING MADE FROM A SHEET OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE, RESILIENT MATERIAL AND COMPRISING: A BASE PORTION ADAPTED TO BE FIXELY HELD BY THE SUPPORT MEANS; AN ELONGATED ARM PORTION EXTENDING FROM SAID BASE PORTION IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY AWAY FROM SAID BASE PORTION AND AWAY FROM THE SURFACE OF SAAID BASE MEANS WEHN SAID BASE PORTION IS HELD THEREBY AND IS RESILIENTLY MOVABLE WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID ARM PORTION HAVING AN EXTENSION NEAR THAT EXTREMITY THEREOF WHICH IS REMOTE FROM SAID BASE PORTION; AND AN ELONGATED CONTACT PORTION SUPPORTED AT A POSITION LONGITUDINALLY INTERMEDIATE ITS EXTREMITIES AND ON A FIRST SIDE THEREOF BY SAID ARM PORTION BY MEANS OF THE EXTENSION THEREON, SAID CONTACT PORTION EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO AND BEING SPACED FROM SAID ARM PORTION AND PIVOTALLY MOVABLE WITH RESPECT THERETO ABOUT SAID EXTENSION, SAID CONTACT PORTION HAVING A FIRST AND A SECOND CONTACT AREA DELINEATED ON A SECOND SIDE THEREOF WHICH IS OPPOSITE SAID FIRST SIDE, SAID CONTACT PORTION BEING RECESSED BETWEEN SAID CONTACT AREAS SO THAT A PLANE TANGENT TO SAID CONTACT AREAS IS ALSO GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID ARM PORTION BUT WITH THAT PART OF SAID SECOND SIDE INTERMEDIATE SAID CONTACT AREAS BEING RECESSED FROM SAID TANGENT PLANE.