Electrical terminal

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL TERMINAL OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED WITHIN A SOCKET OF A TERMINAL BLOCK AND HAVING AN ELONGATED BODY WITH A FORWARD AND REAR END, SAID BODY COMPRISING A HOLLOW PORTION OF GENERALLY CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION HAVING AN OPENING IN ONE SIDE THEREOF AND A TAB STRUCK INWARDLY FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF, SAID TAB TRAVERSING THE INTERIOR OF SAID HOLLOW PORTION AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE HOLLOW PORTION AND PROJECTING THROUGH SAID OPENING AT ITS FREE END, SAID TAB BEING CONNECTED WITH THE HOLLOW PORTION BY A FIRST BEND EXTENDING AROUND A PORTION OF THE CIRCULAR PERIPHERY OF SAID HOLLOW PORTION, SAID TAB HAVING A SECOND BEND THEREIN SPACED LENGTHWISE OF THE TAB FROM SAID FIRST BEND, THE PORTION OF THE TAB PROVIDED WITH THE SECOND BEND BEING GENERALLY FLAT AND THE SECOND BEND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID TAB AND BEING LOCATED CLOSELY ADJACENT THE FIRST BEND AND REMOTELY FROM THE FREE END OF SAID TAB, SAID TAB BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SHOULDER MEANS ON THE TERMINAL BLOCK TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF THE TERMINAL IN THE SOCKET IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID REAR END, THE PROJECTING PORTION OF THE TAB BEING AXIALLY OFFSET SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE PORTION OF THE TAB CONNECTED WITH SAID OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID HOLLOW PORTION, SAID OPENING HAVING SUFFICIENT AXIAL EXTENT IN A DIRECTION REARWARDLY OF THE PROJECTING PORTION OF THE TAB TO PERMIT FLEXING OF THE TAB ABOUT SAID SECOND BEND RADIALLY INWARDLY THROUGH SAID OPENING IN THE MANNER OF A LEAF SPRING, SAID OPENING HAVING TWO SIDES AND HAVING ONE END LOCATED CLOSELY ADJACENT THE PROJECTING PORTION OF THE TAB ON THE FORWARD SIDE THEREOF TO LIMIT FLEXING OF THE TAB IN A DIRECTION TOWARD THE FORWARD END OF THE TERMINAL.