Multiple connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS, COMPRISING: A BASE ELEMENT OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL HAVING A BASE SURFACE PORTION; A LID ELEMENT OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL HINGEDLY COUPLED TO SAID BASE ELEMENT FOR PERMITTING PIVOTAL MOTION OF SAID LID ELEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID BASE SURFACE PORTION; A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT ELEMENTS MOUNTED TO SAID BASE SURFACE PORTION IN OPPOSED RELATION TO SAID LID ELEMENT; A FIRST PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL UPRIGHT PROJECTIONS ON SAID BASE ELEMENT EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHTLY FROM SAID BASE SURFACE PORTION IN PARALLEL SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP AND FORMING A SEPARABLE HINGED COUPLING BETWEEN SAID BASE ELEMENT AND SAID LID ELEMENT; A SECOND PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART INTEGRAL PROJECTIONS ON SAID BASE ELEMENT, EXTENDING UPRIGHTLY FROM SAID BASE SURFACE PORTION IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SPACEDAPART RELATION TO SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL PROJECTIONS, AND HAVING RESILIENT DETENT MEANS THEREON FOR RELEASABLY SECURING SAID LID ELEMENT IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTACT ELEMENT TO GRIP A CONDUCTOR THEREBETWEEN; SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL PROJECTIONS TOGETHER DEFINING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTOR-RECEIVING GROOVES BETWEEN ADJACENT PROJECTIONS FOR RECEIVING CONDUCTORS THEREIN; SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL PROJECTIONS TOGETHER DEFINING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTOR-RECEIVING GROOVES BETWEEN ADJACENT PROJECTIONS FOR RECEIVING CONDUCTORS THEREIN; EACH OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT ELEMENTS BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITIES OF INTEGRAL PROJECTIONS, IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT WITH A PLURALITY OF SAID CONDUCTOR-RECEIVING GROOVES; A CONDUCTOR-ENGAGING SURFACE PORTION ON EACH CONTACT ELEMENT FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED EDGE PORTIONS WHICH TOGETHER DEFINE A SURFACE AREA HAVING A TRANSVERSE WIDTH SUFFICIENT TO ENGAGE TWO CONDUCTORS POSITIONED IN ADJACENT CONDUCTOR-RECEIVING GROOVES IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATIONSHIP; WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTORS DISPOSED IN SAID RECEIVING GROOVES MAY BE CLAMPED IN INTIMATE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS BY PIVOTING SAID LID ELEMENT INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DETENT MEANS.