Contact terminal for an electrical conductor member

Claim 1

A CONTACT TERMINAL AND CONDUCTOR MEMBER ATTACHED THERETO AND SAID CONTACT TERMINAL ADAPTED TO MATE WITH ANOTHER TERMINAL, SAID COMBINATION COMPRISING: A MEMBER OF CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL HAVING FRONT AND REAR ENDS, SAID MEMBER HAVING A FORWARD CONTACTING PORTION ADAPTED TO MATE WITH ANOTHER TERMINAL, A PAIR OF CLAMPING ARMS EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID CONTACTING PORTION IN GENERALLY PRALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER, SAID ARMS HAVING OPPOSED INNER SURFACES, AND A CONDUCTOR MEMBER HELD BETWEEN SAID CLAMPING ARMS, MEANS PROVIDED ON SAID INNER SURFACES FOR RETAINING SAID CONDUCTOR MEMBER BETWEEN SAID INNER SURFACES AGAINST LONGITUDINAL RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT, WHEREIN SAID MEANS INCLUDES A TOOTH PROJECTING FROM EACH OF SAID RESPECTIVE INNER SURFACES AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED FROM EACH OTHER, AND WHEREIN EACH OF SAID TEETH EMBODIES AN EDGE WALL EXTENDING FROM THE POINT OF THE TOOTH BACK INTO THE CLAMPING ARM AND THE ARM IS CUT OUT ADJACENT THE EDGE WALL TO PROVIDE A NOTCH, WHICH NOTCH ACCOMMODATES A TOOTH PROJECTING FROM THE OPPOSITE ARM, THE ADJACENT EDGE WALLS LYING IN GENERALLY PARALLEL PROXIMITY, AND THE CONDUCTOR MEMBER IS FRICTIONALLY ENGAGED BETWEEN AND BY SAID PROXIMATE WALLS.