Wiring device and wire engagement arrangement

Claim 1

A WIRING DEVICE COMPRISING AN INSULATIVE HOUSING HAVING AT LEAST ONE SPRING MEANS SUPPORTED THEREIN, SAID SPRING MEANS HAVING AT LEAST A PAIR OF RESILIENT WIRE ENGAGING ARMS EXTENDING IN GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATION FROM A PIVOT PORTION OF SAID SPRING MEANS, RESPECTIVE END PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS DISPOSED IN ALIGNMENT WITH OPENING MEANS IN A SIDE OF SAID HOUSING, SUBSTANTIALLY SEPARATE WIRE ENTRANCE CHANNELS EXTENDING IN AN INWARD DIRECTION FROM SAID OPENING MEANS, A HOUSING LEDGE PROJECTING INWARDLY OF ANOTHER SIDE OF SAID HOUSING AND SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULARLY OF SAID CHANNELS AND HAVING A WIRE RESTING TOP SURFACE WHICH FORMS THE BOTTOM OF ONE OF SAID CHANNELS AND A WIRE BRACKING INWARDLY FACING SIDE SURFACE WHICH FORMS ONE SIDE OF THE OTHER OF SAID CHANNELS, AND ONE OF SAID ARMS HAVING A GREATER LENGTH THAN THE OTHER ARM AND EXTENDING OVER SAID OTHER CHANNEL AND SAID LEDGE TOP SURFACE TO DEFINE COOPERATIVELY SAID ONE CHANNEL AND TO BRACE AN INSERTED WIRE TOWARD ANOTHER INWARDLY FACING HOUSING BRACING SURFACE, SAID OTHER ARM EXTENDING TOWARD SAID LEDGE BRACING SURFACE TO DEFINE COOPERATIVELY SAID OTHER CHANNEL AND TO BRACE AN INSERTED WIRE THERETOWARD.