Patching board

Claim 1

A PATCHING BOARD COMPRISING A RECTANGULAR INSULATING PANEL MEMBER HAVING SIDE EDGES AND FLAT OPPOSED FRONT AND BACK SURFACES, SAID FRONT SURFACE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL GROOVES THEREIN EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION OF RIGHT ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO ONE OF SAID SIDE EDGES, SAID BACK SURFACES HAVING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL GROOVES THEREIN EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO THE GROOVES IN THE FRONT SURFACE, EACH GROOVE BEING DEFINED BY A FLAT BOTTOM SURFACE AND OPPOSED FLAT SIDE SURFACES DISPOSED PERPENDICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID BOTTOM SURFACE AND SAID FRONT AND BACK SURFACES, EACH GROOVE IN THE FRONT SURFACE CROSSING AT LONGITUDINALLY SPACED POINTS THE GROOVES IN THE BACK SURFACE, THE BOTTOM SURFACES OF THE GROOVES IN THE FRONT SURFACE BEING SEPARATED FROM THE BOTTOM SURFACES OF THE GROOVES IN THE SURFACE AT THE POINTS OF CROSSING BY WEB SECTIONS, SAID PANEL MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF WIRE RECEIVING BORES AT EACH END OF EACH GROOVE EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE GROOVE TO THE OPPOSITE SURFACE OF THE PANEL MEMBER, ONE BORE OF EACH PAIR BEING ADJACENT ONE SIDE SURFACE OF THE GROOVE AND THE OTHER BORE OF THE PAIR BEING SPACED FROM SAID ONE BORE AND ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE SIDE SURFACE, A LENGTH OF CONDUCTOR WIRE FOR EACH GROOVE HAVING ITS FREE ENDS EXTENDING FROM THE GROOVE THROUGH ONE PAIR OF THE BORES, EACH LENGTH OF WIRE EXTENDING ALONG THE GROOVE JUXTAPOSED ONE SIDE SURFACE AND BEING LOOPED THROUGH THE PAIR OF BORES OPPOSITE THE PAIR OF BORES RECEIVING THE FREE ENDS OF THE WIRE AND BACK ALONG THE GROOVE JUXTAPOSED THE OTHER SIDE SURFACE TO PRESENT A PAIR OF SPACED CONDUCTORS IN EACH GROOVE, THE FREE ENDS OF THE WIRE BEING WOUND TOGETHER AT THE SURFACE OF THE PANEL MEMBER OPPOSITE TO THE GROOVE CONTAINING THE CONDUCTORS TO MAINTAIN THE PAIR OF SPACED CONDUCTORS UNDER TENSION, EACH WEB SECTION HAVING A PEG RECEIVING BORE THERETHROUGH COMMUNICATING AT OPPOSITE ENDS WITH ONE GROOVE IN THE FRONT SURFACE AND ONE GROOVE IN THE BACK SURFACE, EACH PEG RECEIVING BORE HAVING ITS CENTRAL AXIS PASSING BETWEEN THE PAIR OF CONDUCTORS IN EACH GROOVE WITH WHICH IT COMMUNICATES AND HAVING A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CONDUCTORS OF ONE PAIR, EACH GROOVE BEING ENLARGED IN WIDTH AROUND EACH PEG RECEIVING BORE SO THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN EACH SIDE SURFACE OF THE GROOVE AND THE BORE IS GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF ONE CONDUCTOR, A PAIR OF PLATE MEMBERS SECURED TO THE PANEL MEMBER AND COVERING SAID FRONT AND BACK SURFACES, SAID PLATE MEMBERS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PEG RECEIVING BORES THERETHROUGH OF A DIAMETER AT LEAST AS GREAT AS SAID PEG RECEIVING BORES IN SAID WEB SECTIONS, EACH BORE IN EACH PLATE MEMBER BEING AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH ONE PEG RECEIVING BORE IN SAID WEB SECTIONS, AND A PLURALITY OF PEG MEMBERS FOR RECEPTION IN SAID AXIALLY ALIGNED PEG RECEIVING BORES, EACH PEG MEMBER INCLUDING A CONDUCTOR ENGAGING, CYLINDRICAL STEM PORTION FORMED OF CONDUCTING MATERIAL AND OF A DIAMETER TO SNUGLY FIT IN THE PEG RECEIVING BORES IN THE WEB SECTIONS, AND A HANDLE PORTION CONNECTED TO SAID STEM AND DEFINING A SHOULDER FOR ENGAGING ONE OF SAID PLATE MEMBERS WHEN SAID STEM PROJECTS THROUGH ONE OF THE PEG RECEIVING BORES IN SAID WEB SECTIONS AND THE BORES IN SAID PLATES ALIGNED THEREWITH.