Packaging device for readily receiving and removing electrical components having a plurality of connecting leads

Claim 1

AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PACKAGE COMPRISING: (A) AT LEAST FIRST AND SECOND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, EACH HAVING TERMINAL MEANS FOR HAVING ELECTRICAL DEVICES CONNECTED THERETO, EACH OF SAID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY LONG SLITS CUT THEREIN WITH SAID SLITS COMMENCING AT THE PERIPHERY THEREOF; (B) A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL DEVICES, EACH HAVING AT LEAST FIRST AND SECOND SIDES LYING OPPOSITE FROM EACH OTHER AND EACH OF SAID SIDES HAVING AT LEAST TWO ELECTRICAL CONNECTING LEADS, EACH OF SAID ELECTRICAL DEVICES HAVING THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTING LEADS OF ITS FIRST SIDE DISPOSED IN AN ASSIGNED SLIT OF SAID FIRST PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND HAVING THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTING LEADS OF ITS SECOND SIDE DISPOSED IN AN ASSIGNED SLIT OF SAID SECOND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTING LEADS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND OND SIDES BEING RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS IN PROXIMITY TO THEIR RESPECTIVELY ASSIGNED SLOTS; AND (C) RISER PINS RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS TO HOLD SAID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS DISPLACED FROM ONE ANOTHER AND SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING CONNECTED TO THE PRINTED CIRCUITS OF SAID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS TO MAKE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PRINTED CIRCUITS OF SAID FIRST PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND PRINTED CIRCUITS OF SAID SECOND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD.