Socket for electric jack plugs

Claim 1

A SOCKET FOR AN ELECTRIC JACK PLUG COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A UNITARY HOLLOW BODY OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVIN AN AXIS INTERNAL FACE OF SAID BODY DEFINING A BORE (1) AN INTERNAL FACE OF SAID BODY DEFINING A BORE HAVING RESPECTIVE ORIFICES IN SAID END FACES, (2) SAID INTERNAL FACE BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY ELONGATED PARALLEL CHANNELS EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BORE AND AXIALLY SPACED FROM ONE OF SAID END FACES, (3) THE ORIFICE OF SAID BORE IN SAID ONE END FACE BEING ADAPTED CONFORMINGLY TO RECEIVE A PORTION OF A JACK PLUG; (B) A PLURALITY OF CONTACT STRIPS, EACH OF SAID STRIPS HAVING AN INNER ELONGATED PORTION RECEIVED IN A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SIAD CHANNELS IN SILDING ENGAGEMENT, AND A TAG PORTION PROJECTING FROM THE OTHER AND FACE OF SAID BODY; (C) A CAP MEMBER COVERING SAID OTHER END FACE AND CLOSING THE ORIFICE THEREIN, SAID CAP MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF SLOTS THERETHROUGH, THE TAG PORTIONS OF SAID CONTACT STRIPS PASSING THROUGH SAID SLOTS RESPECTIVELY; (D) AN ANNULAR FLANGE INTEGRAL WITH SAID UNITARY BODY AND ADJACENT SAID ONE END FACE, SAID FLANGE PROJECTING FROM SAID BODY TRANSVERSELY OF SAID AXIS.