Edge connector for printed circuit panels

Claim 1

An edge connector comprising an insulating body having top and bottom surfaces and end surfaces, said body having a longitudinal slot for receiving a circuit panel and said slot intersecting at least one of said end surfaces, said body having pairs of opposed laterally extending contact-receiving openings opening into said slot, a detachable mounting member having a base formed with means for attachment to a support, an arm extending normal to the base, a resilient platelike element connected to said arm by a web element, said web element having a thickness less than the width of said slot, said platelike element extending below said web and having a portion spaced from said arm, said platelike element having a width greater than said slot, but less than the distance between facing end walls of said pairs of contact receiving openings, and a lip element projecting from said base adjacent the bottom thereof on the same side of said arm as said platelike element, said lip element having a fastener engagement with said bottom surface of said body after said platelike element has been moved into the space defined by the pair of contact-receiving openings adjacent said end surface of said body intersected by said slot.