Electric meter by-pass arrangement

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A BY-PASS SLIDE AND AN ELECTRICAL METER MOUNT HAVING SPACED PARALLEL INSULATING BASES WITH A LINE CLIP SPACED FROM A LOAD CLIP ON EACH BASE, SAID SLIDE COMPRISING A BODY OF INSULATING MATERIAL WITH SPACED SHOES FOR GUIDED SUPORT ON THE UPPER FACES OF SAID BASES AND A CENTRAL DOWNWARD PROJECTION EXTENDING BELOW THE PLANE OF SAID SHOES AND HAVING SIDE WALLS FOR SLIDING LOCATION BETWEEN SAID BASES, INTEGRAL BRIDGE MEANS ABOVE THE PLANE OF SAID SHOES AND RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTING SAID SHOES AND SAID PROJECTION AND DEFINING AN OUTWARDLY FACING GENERALLY U-SHAPED SPACE BETWEEN EACH SHOE AND SAID PROJECTION, A FIRST GENERALLY U-SHAPED RELATIVELY RIGID CONDUCTOR BAR LOOSELY RECEIVED IN ONE U-SHAPED SPACE WITH SPACED CONTACT-ENGAGING LEGS PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE ADJACENT SHOE, A SECOND GENERALLY U-SHAPED RELATIVELY RIGID CONDUCTOR BAR LOOSELY RECEIVED IN THE OTHER U-SHAPED SPACE WITH SPACED CONTACT-ENGAGING LEGS PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE ADJACENT SHOE, AND SPRING MEANS RETAINED BY SAID BODY AND CONSTANTLY URGING SAID CONDUCTOR BARS IN OPPOSITE OUTWARD DIRECTIONS, WHEREBY SAID SLIDE MAY BE SELECTIVELY ENGAGED IN AND DISENGAGED FROM LINELOAD BY-PASSING RELATION WITH THE POLES OF SAID BASES, DEPENDING UPON THE SELECTED SLIDABLY GUIDED POSITIONING OF SAID SLIDE ON SAID BASES, AND WITH RELATIVELY UNIFORM EFFICACY REGARDLESS OF MINOR VARIATIONS IN SPACING BETWEEN LINE CONTACTS AND BETWEEN LOAD CONTACTS OF SAID METER MOUNT.