Abstract An electrical fixture support and current feed system includes an inverted metal track channel which is coupled to a junction box with converging side walls and houses in its upper part a longitudinal double channel insulator body. Nesting in each of the insulator channels is a longitudinal conductor bus having upwardly converging curved fingers resiliently urged into mutual engagement. The metal channel has grooves formed in the lower border of its inner faces. A plug assembly includes an insulator body member having an upper cavity closed by a hinged lid and supporting a first contact member with a first prong, a second contact member with a second prong and a first clip, and a second clip, the clips being located in the cavity. First and second conductors extend through a metal conduit depending from the body member and are connected to the first contact member and the second clip and a fuse is engaged by the clips. Outwardly sprung detent-carrying arms are located on the body member. The detents releasably engage the channel grooves when the plug registers with the metal channel and the prongs engage the bus fingers and upon insertion of the plug, the arms engage the track channel inner faces before the prongs engage the conductors.
Inventors
👤 E Price
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-03 18:57
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R25/00; H01R25/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
An electrical coupling and support device comprising a track member having formed therein a longitudinal channel provided with transversely spaced opposing faces, each of said faces having a longitudinally extending recess therewithin defining a shoulder located thereon, a longitudinally extending socket member disposed in the inner end of said channel and including a pair of transversely spaced longitudinally extending conductors, a plug member of transverse dimension less than that of said channel throughout its entire length and substantially wholly disposable within and separably engaging said channel between the opposing faces thereof and including a pair of transversely spaced contact blades releasably engaging respective conductors, and a pair of normally resiliently transversely outwardly urged detents connected to the body of the plug and having track-engaging elements extending outwardly from opposite sides of the said plug and engaging respective of said recesses to lock said plug releasably within said track.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
An electrical coupling and support device comprising a track member having formed therein a longitudinal channel provided with transversely spaced opposing faces, each of said faces having a longitudinally extending recess therewithin defining a shoulder located thereon, a longitudinally extending socket member disposed in the inner end of said channel and including a pair of transversely spaced longitudinally extending conductors, a plug member of transverse dimension less than that of said channel throughout its entire length and substantially wholly disposable within and separably engaging said channel between the opposing faces thereof and including a pair of transversely spaced contact blades releasably engaging respective conductors, and a pair of normally resiliently transversely outwardly urged detents connected to the body of the plug and having track-engaging elements extending outwardly from opposite sides of the said plug and engaging respective of said recesses to lock said plug releasably within said track.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said plug member includes a body member of insulating material and having opposite faces, said detents projecting laterally outwardly from said body member and comprising a resilient arm extending along each of said side faces and secured at an inner end of each thereof to said body member and having its opposite outer end transversely resiliently urged away from said body member, said detents being located on said resilient arms proximate said outer ends thereof:
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The device of claim 2 including a finger piece positioned on said resilient arm proximate its outer end and directed outwardly of said channel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
67 words
The device of claim 2 including a pair of said resilient arms extending along said opposite side faces of said body member and secured at their inner ends to diagonally opposite points of said body member, one of said detents being positioned on each of said resilient arms proximate the outer ends thereof, each of said channel faces having a longitudinally extending inwardly directed shoulder located thereon.