Cover means for a telephone terminal block

Claim 1

An article of manufacture comprising a cover for a telephone terminal block having a base plate, and a normally upright terminal-mounting plate supporting terminals extending laterally from the opposed sides of said mounting plate, said mounting plate having oppositely disposed top and bottom ends and a free edge extending therebetween, said cover being made of electrical insulating material and being slidably mounted on said terminalmounting plate in a first operative position and being removable therefrom to a second inoperative position, said cover comprising: a normally upright sidewall; a top wall fixedly connected to and projecting laterally from one end of said sidewall, and a bottom wall fixedly connected to and projecting laterally from an opposed end of said sidewall and in confronting, spaced relationship relative to said top wall; a first pair of arms depending from said top wall in laterally spaced and parallel relationship to one another; a second pair of arms projecting upwardly from said bottom wall in laterally spaced and parallel relationship; said first and second pairs of arms being in spaced parallel and confronting relationship and being adapted to slidably receive marginal portions of said top and bottom ends, respectively, of said terminal-mounting plate between each one of said pairs of arms; and an end wall extending between and fixedly secured to said top and bottom walls and fixedly secured to the adjacent marginal edge of said sidewall to project laterally therefrom in the same direction as said top and bottom walls, and laterally spaced and substantially parallel means on said end wall slidably receiving said free edge of said terminal-mounting plate therebetween; said sidewall being supported in spaced relation relative to said terminals at one side of said mounting plate when said mounting plate is in position between said first and second pairs of arms.