Electric switch having barriers isolating the several terminals and frameattaching tabs thereof

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRIC SWITCH OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A FLAT, RECTANGULAR BASE OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATIVE MATERIAL, A FRAME OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL HAVING FOUR RECTANGULARLY SPACED CONNECTING TABS ATTACHING THE FRAME TO THE BASE, A FIRST TERMINAL ATTACHED TO THE CENTER OF THE BASE, AND AT LEAST ONE SECOND TERMINAL ATTACHED TO THE BASE IN ALIGNMENT LONGITUDINALLY CENTRALLY OF THE BASE WITH THE FIRST TERMINAL, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A PAIR OF IDENTICALLY BUT OPPOSITELY FORMED BARRIERS ISOLATING THE TERMINALS AND THE TABS ONE FROM ANOTHER, SAID BARRIERS FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH THE BASE AND COMPRISING: (A) A PAIR OF RIBS, ONE IN EACH BARRIER, SAID RIBS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE BASE AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE FIRST TERMINAL TO DEFINE BETWEEN THE RIBS A CENTER RECESS AND A PAIR OF SIDE RECESSES COMMUNICATING WITH THE CENTER RECESS AND OPENING UPON THE RESPECTIVE SIDES OF THE BASE, SAID RIBS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL DISTANCE ACROSS THE BODY AND ISOLATING THE FIRST TERMINAL FROM THE SEVERAL TABS; AND (B) MEANS EXTENDING FROM THE RESPECTIVE TRANSVERSE RIBS IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE CENTER RECESS, SAID MEANS OF THE RESPECTIVE BARRIERS DEFINING END RECESSES OPENING TOWARD THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF THE BASE, SAID SECOND TERMINAL DISPOSED IN ONE OF SAID END RECESSES, SAID MEANS EXTENDING AS SEPARATORS BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE END RECESSES AND THE SEVERAL CONNECTING TABS TO ISOLATE THE TABS FROM THE SECOND TERMINAL.