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Claim 1

AN ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PANEL HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN WITH NOTCHES IN SAID PANEL ADJACENT SAID OPENING, A METER HAVING A HOUSING ADAPTED TO PASS THROUGH SAID OPENING AND CARRYING A FLANGE ADJACENT ONE END FOR ENGAGING SAID PANEL ABOUT SAID OPENING AND ADAPTED TO ACT AS A STOP, A PAIR OF WIRE LEGS EACH HAVING ONE END FIXEDLY ENGAGED WITH SAID HOUSING AND A FREE END EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID HOUSING AND TERMINATING AT A POSITION SPACED FROM SAID FLANGE BY A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF SAID PANEL, EACH LEG HAVING A CROSS SECTIONAL DIMENSION PERMITTING FLEXURE OF THE RESPECTIVE LEG IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO A RADIAL LINE FROM THE AXIS OF SAID OPENING WHEREBY THE PASSAGE OF SAID LEGS THROUGH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID NOTCHES AND THE ROTATION OF SAID HOUSING ENGAGES THE FREE ENDS OF SAID LEGS AGAINST THE BACK SURFACE OF SAID PANEL UNDER PRESSURE ALONG THE ELONGATE AXIS OF SAID LEGS TO FORCE SAID FLANGE AGAINST THE FRONT SURFACE OF SAID PANEL.