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A MOLDED PLASTIC JUNCTION BOX OR THE LIKE FOR EFFECTING AND ENCLOSING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WIRES, SAID BOX COMPRISING: INTERGRALLY MOLDED SIDE, END AND BOTTOM WALLS OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING PLASTIC MATERIAL; AT LEAST TWO CONDUCTIVE TERMINAL ELEMENTS WITHIN SAID BOX FOR EFFECTING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ENDS OF WIRES SAID TERMINAL ELEMENTS BEING EMBEDDED IN SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP WITHIN ONE OF SAID WALLS, EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THE FORM OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE STRIP HAVING TWO LEG PORTIONS DEFINED BY A STRAIGHT LINE BEND OF APPROXIMATELY 90* IN THE MATERIAL OF THE STRIP, EACH OF SAID TERMINAL ELEMENTS HAVING AT LEAST TWO PRESSURE TYPE COUPLINGS, SAID COUPLINGS BEING DEFINED BY LOCKING TONGUES STRUCK OUT OF THE MATERIAL OF ONE OF SAID LEG PORTIONS, SAID LOCKING TONGUES BEING DISPOSED IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATIONSHIP, SAID TONGUES HAVING THEIR BASE ALONG A LINE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE STRAIGHT LINE BEND OF THE RESPECTIVE TERMINAL ELEMENT AND HAVING THEIR FREE ENDS FACING TOWARD THE OTHER LEG PORTION OF THE RESPECTIVE TERMINAL ELEMENT AND SPACED EQUIDISTANT FROM SAID OTHER LEG PORTION AND SUFFICIENTLY CLOSE THERETO SUCH THAT EACH OF SAID FREE ENDS IS OPERABLE TO CLAMP A WIRE END AGAINST SAID OTHER LEG PORTION, SAID ONE WALL HAVING A WIRE-INSERTING HOLE EXTENDING FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID BOX TO THE FREE END OF EACH OF SAID TONGUES WHEREBY INSERTION OF THE END OF A WIRE INTO SAID HOLE EFFECTS LOCKING OF THE END IN THE RESPECTIVE COUPLING, SAID ONE WALL FURTHER HAVING A WIRE RELEASE HOLE EXTENDING FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID BOX TO NEAR THE BASE OF EACH OF SAID TONGUES WHEREBY INSERTION OF A POINTED TOOL IN SAID RELEASE HOLES MOVES SAID TONGUES AWAY FROM A LOCKING POSITION.