Electrical contact assembly with hinged wing portions and contact separating means

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A HOUSING MEMBER OF INSULATING MATERIAL AND CONTACT MEMBERS; SAID HOUSING MEMBER HAVING A SEPARATING MEMBER, WING SECTIONS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID SEPARATING MEMBER ALONG A PORTION THEREOF, SAID WING SECTIONS HAVING RECESSES DISPOSED IN SURFACES ADJACENT SAID SEPARATING MEMBER AND SECURING SECTIONS THEREON, PART OF SAID SEPARATING MEMBER EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID WING SECTIONS, AN ELEMENT EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SEPARATING MEMBER AND HAVING SLOTS THEREIN; SAID CONTACT MEMBERS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SECTIONS, SAID FIRST SECTION DEFINING CONTACT-ENGAGING SURFACES, SAID SECOND SECTION BEING DISPOSED IN CORRESPONDING SLOTS OF SAID ELEMENT AND ALONG SAID SEPARATING MEMBER WITH SAID CONTACT-ENGAGING SURFACES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ELEMENT, SAID WING SECTIONS BEING DISPOSED AGAINST SAID SEPARATING MEMBER WITH SAID SECOND SECTION LYING WITHIN CORRESPONDING RECESSES OF SAID WING SECTIONS, AND MEANS ENGAGING SAID SECURING SECTIONS TO SECURE SAID WING SECTIONS IN POSITION AGAINST SAID SEPARATING MEMBER TO MAINTAIN SAID CONTACT MEMBERS IN PLACE IN SAID HOUSING.