Telescope waterseal connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING FACILITIES FOR SELECTIVELY ACCOMMODATING ELECTRICAL CABLES OF RELATIVELY LARGER OR SMALLER DIAMETERS, THE CABLES HAVING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR AND A JACKET OF INSULATING MATERIAL SURROUNDING THE CONDUCTOR, THE JACKET OF THE SELECTED CABLE BEING STRIPPED BACK TO BARE A PORTION OF THE CONDUCTOR AND THE SELECTED CABLE BEING RECEIVED TELESCOPICALLY WITHIN THE CONNECTOR AND GRIPPED IN WATERTIGHT ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, SAID CONNECTOR COMPRISING: A BODY OF INSULATING ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL HAVING AN INNERMOST HOLLOW THEREIN; AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITHIN THE HOLLOW OF THE BODY; AND A RESILIENTLY DILATABLE BORE IN SAID BODY COMMUNICATING WITH SAID HOLLOW AND HAVING STEPPED DIMENSIONS ESTABLISHING RELATIVELY LARGER OUTER AND RELATIVELY SMALLER INNER BORE PORTIONS OF AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT DIAMETERS, SAID BORE INCLUDING AN INNERMOST PORTION OF SMALLEST DIAMETER AT THE INNERMOST END OF THE BORE, SAID INNERMOST END BEING ADJACENT SAID HOLLOW, THE DIFFERENT DIAMETERS OF THE BORE PORTIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE LARGER AND SMALLER DIAMETERS, RESPECTIVELY OF THE CABLE JACKETS, THE RELATIVE DIMENSIONS OF THE DIAMETER OF THE JACKET OF EACH SELECTED CABLE AND EACH CORRESPONDING BORE PORTION BEING SUCH THAT A CORRESPONDING BORE PORTION MUST BE RESILIENTLY DILATED TO RECEIVE AND ENGAGE THE JACKET OF A SELECTED CABLE IN WATERTIGHT RELATIONSHIP, THE INNERMOST BORE PORTION HAVING A DIAMETER NO SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE CONDUCTOR OF THE LARGEST CABLE TO BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN THE CONNECTOR TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF THE CONDUCTOR OF ANY SELECTED CABLE THROUGH THE INNERMOST BORE PORTION AND CONNECTION OF THE CONDUCTOR TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITHOUT FURTHER DILATION OF THE BORE PORTION ENGAGED WITH THE CABLE JACKET.