Electric socket connectors

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL SOCKET CONNECTOR INCLUDING A MOULDED BODY OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING, SYNTHETIC RESIN PLASTIC, MATERIAL HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THEREIN, EACH APERTURE EXTENDING COMPLETELY THROUGH THE BODY FROM THE UPPER SURFACE TO THE LOWER AND HAVING A PORTION OF REDUCED CROSS SECTION AT ITS LOWER END, THE BODY HAVING AN INTEGRAL, CONTINUOUS RIM EXTENDING AROUND ITS PERIPHERY AND PROJECTING ABOVE THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE BODY AND A PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL UPSTANDING PIPS ON THE SAID UPPER SURFACE, A PLURALITY OF FEMALE SPRING CONTACTS EACH HOUSED IN ONE OF THE SAID APERTURES, EACH SAID CONTACT HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED ARMS WHICH BEAR RESILIENTLY AGAINST THE SIDES OF THE APERTURES, AND HAVING A LOWER PORTION OF REDUCED CROSS-SECTION PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE REDUCED PORTION OF THE SAID APERTURE, THE LOWER PORTION OF THE CONTACT BELOW THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE BODY FORMING A TERMINAL AND BEING ADAPTED TO RETAIN THE CONTACT AGAINST UPWARD MOVEMENT OUT OF ITS APERTURE, AND A COVER PLATE WHICH IS THIN RELATIVE TO THE THICKNESS OF THE BODY, THE SAID COVER PLATE BEING LOCATED LATERALLY BY THE RIM ON THE BODY, HAVING HOLES TO RECEIVE THE SAID PIPS, WHICH ARE DEFORMED TO FORM RIVET LIKE HEADS WHICH RETAIN THE PLATE TO THE BODY, THE SAID PLATE ALSO BEING FORMED WITH APERTURES WHICH REGISTER WITH THOSE IN THE BODY BUT ARE OF LESSER WHICH SO THAT THE EDGES OF THE APERTURES IN THE PLATE OVERLIE AND THEREBY PROTECT THE UPPER END EDGES OF THE ARM OF THE SPRING CONTACTS.