Modular terminal block

Claim 1

IN A TERMINAL STRIP, A PLURALITY OF TERMINAL BLOCKS OF ONE TYPE ARRANGED IN END TO END ABUTTING RELATION IN A ROW AND EACH CARRYING A TERMINAL CONNECTOR AND HAVING A PROJECTION ON ONE FACE AND A CAVITY OPENING THROUGH AN OPPOSITE FACE, THE CAVITY OF EACH BLOCK BEING ARRANGED TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROJECTION OF AN ADJACENT BLOCK WHEN THE BLOCKS ARE ASSEMBLED IN SAID ROW FACING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, A SINGLE REVERSING BLOCK HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY FACING PROJECTIONS EACH SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL WITH THE PROJECTIONS ON THE TERMINAL BLOCKS SO THAT EACH PROJECTION OF THE REVERSING BLOCK CAN BE ACCOMMODATED IN SAID CAVITIES, SELECTIVELY, AND THEREBY THE REVERSING BLOCK MAY BE SELECTIVELY POSITIONED AT AN END OF THE ROW AND INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE ROW IN A TERMINAL STRIP WHEN ONE REVERSING BLOCK AND A PLURALITY OF TERMINAL BLOCKS ARE ASSEMBLED TO PROVIDE AS TERMINAL STRIP, AND EACH PROJECTION HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN FOR ACCOMMODATING THE SHANK OF A THREADED FASTENER AND HAVING A SHOULDER ADJACENT TO THE OPENING FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE HEAD OF THE FASTENER SO THAT ANY SELECTED ONES OF THE BLOCKS CAN BE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO A SUPPORTING CHANNEL MEMBER BY A THREADED FASTENER, SAID TERMINAL BLOCKS AND THE REVERSING BLOCK EACH HAVING MEANS FOR POSITIONING IT ON THE CHANNEL SUPPORTING MEMBER AND CLAMPING MEANS, INCLUDING A SEPARATE CLAMPING MEMBER AT AT LEAST ONE END OF THE ROW OF BLOCKS, FOR CLAMPING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CHANNEL MEMBER FOR MAINTAINING THE BLOCKS IN LONGITUDINALLY ASSEMBLED RELATION ON SAID CHANNEL MEMBER.