Panelboard assembly with side mounted support means and line terminals accessible from rear

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION OF A PANELBOARD ASSEMBLY AND AT LEAST ONE CIRCUIT BREAKER MOUNTED THERETO; SAID PANELBOARD EXTENDING IN A LONGITUDUINAL DIRECTION, AND SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER MOUNTED TRANSVERSE TO SAID LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, AT A PREDETERMINED POSITION ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID PANELBOARD; SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING SPACE-SEAPARATED LINE AND LOAD TERMINALS; SAID LINE TERMINAL OF SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER LOCATED IN A FIRST ROW, EXTENDING IN SAID LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; SAID LOAD TERMINALS OF SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER LOCATED IN A SECOND ROW, EXTENDING IN SAID LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; SAID PANELBOARD COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BUS MEANS, EXTENDING IN SAID LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; FIRST CONDUCTING MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID LINE TERMINALS TO SAID BUS MEANS, AND SECOND CONDUCTING MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID LOAD TERMINALS TO AN EXTERNAL CIRCUIT; SAID FIRST CONDUCTING MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION FORWARDLY EXTENDING FROM SAID BUS MEANS, AND A SECOND PORTION SECURED TO SAID BUS MEANS; SAID FIRST PORTION INCLUDING FIRST CIRCUIT BREAKER TERMINALS CONNECTING MEANS, POSITIONED ALONG SAID FIRST ROW FOR RECEIVING SAID LINE TERMINALS; SAID SECOND CONDUCTING MEANS INCLUDING A FORWARDLY EXTENDING FIRST PORTION, AND A REARWARDLY EXTENDING SECOND PORTION; SAID FIRST PORTION INCLUDING SECOND CIRCUIT BREAKER TERMINAL CONNECTING MEANS POSITIONED ALONG SAID SECOND ROW FOR RECEIVING SAID LOAD TERMINALS; SAID FIRST PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTING MEANS FORWARDLY ACCESSIBLE FOR MOUNTING AND REMOVAL OF SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER; SAID SECOND PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND SECOND CONDUCTING MEANS REARWARDLY ACCESSIBLE, IN NON-INTERFERENCE RELATIONSHIP, WITH SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER, WHEREBY SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER MAY BE REMOVED WHILE THE SECOND PORTION OF SAID SECOND CONDUCTING MEANS REMAINS CONNECTED TO AN EXTERNAL CIRCUIT; A FRAME SUPPORT, LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID PANELBOARD; FIRST SUPPORT MEMBERS RIGIDLY MOUNTING SAID BUS MEANS TO SAID FRAME SUPPORT; SECOND SUPPORT MEMBERS RIGIDLY MOUNTING SAID SECOND CONDUCTING MEANS TO SAID FRAME SUPPORT; INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTING MEANS IN TRANSVERSE ALIGNMENT TO DEFINE A DESIRED NUMBER OF CIRCUIT BREAKER TERMINAL LOCATIONS, ADAPTED TO RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL SETS OF SAID LINE AND LOAD TERMINALS; SAID FRAME SUPPORT HAVING A GENERALLY U-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION, INCLUDING A CENTRAL PORTION AND SIDE FLANGES; SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEMBERS INCLUDING INSULATOR POSTS FORWARDLY EXTENDING FROM SAID CENTRAL PORTION; SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEMBERS INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL INSULATOR POST SIDEWARDLY EXTENDING FOR AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SIDE FLANGES AT EACH SIDE CIRCUIT BREAKER TERMINAL LOCATIONS FOR EACH OF SAID SECOND CONDUCTING MEANS; SAID SECOND CONDUCTING MEANS HAVING A BODY PORTION, SECURED TO ITS RESPECTIVE INSULATOR POST; SAID BODY PORTION JOINING ITS RESPECTIVE FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS.