Electrical connector assembly

Claim 1

A MULTICIRCUIT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RECEPTACLE FORMED WITH AN OUTWARDLY OPENING RECESS, A PLURALITY OF FIRST CONDUCTORS CARRIED BY SAID RECEPTACLES IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN WITHIN SAID RECESS, A COVER HINGED TO SAID RECEPTACLE, SPRING MEANS COOPERATING BETWEEN SAID RECEPTACLE AND SAID COVER TO BIAS SAID COVER TO CLOSE SAID RECESS, A PLUG INSERTABLE INTO SAID RECESS UPON SWINGING OF SAID COVER TO AN OPEN POSITION, A PLURALITY OF SECOND CONDUCTORS CARRIED BY SAID PLUG IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST CONDUCTORS ON INSERTION OF SAID PLUG INTO SAID RECESS, MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID PLUG IN A PREDETERMINED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID RECEPTACLE ON INSERTION OF SAID PLUG INTO SAID RECESS, ABUTMENT MEANS ON THE SURFACE OF SAID PLUG, AND LATCH MEANS DISPLACEABLY MOUNTED ON THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID COVER FOR MOVEMENT IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID COVER AND RELEASABLY RETAINED IN A LATCHING POSITION, SAID LATCH MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID ABUTMENT MEANS UNDER THE BIASING OF SAID SPRING MEANS FOR RELEASABLY RETAINING SAID PLUG IN SAID RECESS, SAID LATCH MEANS BEING SHIFTABLE TOA NON-LATCHING POSITION BY SAID ABUTMENT MEANS UPON APPLICATION OF A SUDDEN, INADVERTENT WITHDRAWING STRESS TO SAID PLUG.