Safety ball socket connector for electric plugs

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AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR A PLUG HAVING A PAIR OF PRONGS, COMPRISING A RECTANGULAR BODY PORTION HAVING A PAIR OF PARALLEL FIRST BORES EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM ONE END OF SAID BODY PORTION, A PAIR OF CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW CONTACT MEMBERS AXIALLY DISPOSED IN SAID BORES AND HAVING AXIAL PASSAGES FOR RECEIVING SAID PRONGS RESPECTIVELY, SAID BODY PORTION HAVING A RECESS AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, SAID CONTACT MEMBERS HAVING ENDS THEREON DISPOSED IN AND EXPOSES AT SAID RECESS, SAID BODY PORTION HAVING A FIRST LATERAL HOLE COMMUNICATION WIT SAID RECESS FOR PASSING WIRES INTO THE RECESS TO CONNECT WITH SAID ENDS OF THE CONTACT MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID CONTACT MEMBERS HAVING A LATERAL HOLE THEREIN BETWEEN ITS OPPOSITE ENDS, SAID BODY PORTION HAVING A PAIR OF OTHER LATERAL HOLES RESPECTIVELY ALIGNED AXIALLY WITH THE LATERAL HOLES IN THE CONTACT MEMBERS AND COMMUNICATING THEREWITH, A RECTANGULAR BLOCK, SCREWS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BODY PORTION AND BLOCK TO HOLD THE BLOCK AGAINST ONE SIDE OF SAID BODY PORTION A CLAMP FOR A CABLE SHIELD ENGAGED BY SAID SCREWS AT ONE SIDE OF SAID BLOCK, SAID CLAMP HAVING CLAMP FINGERS FOR ENGAGING SAID CABLE SHIELD ALIGNED WITH THE FIRST LATERAL HOLE FOR PASSING WIRES FROM SAID SHIELD INTO SAID RECESS SAID BLOCK HAVING A PAIR OF BLIND BORES RESPECTIVELY AXIALLY ALIGNED AND REGISTERING WITH SAID OTHER LATERAL HOLES, A COMPRESSED COIL SPRING IN EACH OF SAID BLIND BORES EXTENDING INTO ONE OF SAID OTHER LATERAL HOLES, A BALL AT ONE END OF EACH SPRING ENGAGED BY THE SPRING AND PRESSED INTO ONE LATERAL HOLE IN A CONTACT MEMBER, SAID BALLS PROJECTING INTO THE PASSAGES IN SAID CONTACT MEMBERS, WHEREBY THE SPRINGS CONTRACT AND THE BALLS ARE RETRACTED WHEN THE PRONGS OF THE PLUG ARE INSERTED INTO SAID CONTACT MEMBERS WHILE THE SPRING HOLD THE BALLS UNDER PRESSURE TO KEEP THE PRONGS PRESSED LATERALLY INTO CONTACT WITH THE CONTACT MEMBERS.