Design of telephone terminal block

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TERMINAL BLOCK COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER OF INSULATING MATERIAL AND A LID MEMBER INTEGRALLY MOLDED THEREWITH AND JOINED TO THE BASE BY A THIN WEB OF SAID MATERIAL FORMING A HINGE BY MEANS OF WHICH THE LID MAY BE FOLDED OVER SAID BASE, A CENTER POST ON THE UPPER SIDE OF THE BASE ALSO INTEGRALLY MOLDED THEREWITH AND EXTENDING UPWARD FOR A CERTAIN DISTANCE, A SERIES OF TERMINALS EACH EXTENDING FROM SAID CENTER POST AND HAVING DOWNWARD PROJECTIONS EXTENDING INTO OPENINGS IN SAID BASE AND FRICTIONALLY HELD THEREIN, A TAB MEMBER ON THE INSIDE OF THE COVER OPPOSITE SAID HINGE, A SLOTTED OPENING IN THE SIDE OF SAID BASE OPPOSITE SAID HINGE, SAID TAB MEMBER ENTERING SAID SLOTTED OPENING WHEN THE COVER IS CLOSED BY FOLDING IT OVER THE BASE, THE TOP OF SAID COVER BEING DOME SHAPED AND FLEXIBLE AND WITH THE CENTER PART THEREOF LYING A CERTAIN DISTANCE ABOVE THE TOP OF SAID CENTER POST WHEN THE COVER IS CLOSED WITH THE UPWARD TENSION THEREOF TENDING TO HOLD THE TAB IN SAID OPENING, THE DOME SHAPED CENTER PART OF SAID COVER, WHEN PUSHED DOWNWARD INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TOP OF SAID POST, CAUSING THE EDGES OF THE COVER TO SPREAD TO THEREBY MOVE SAID TAB OUTWARD IN SAID OPENING SO THAT IT CAN BE READILY REMOVED THEREFROM TO OPEN THE COVER, SAID POST LIMITING THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE CENTER PART OF THE COVER TO PREVENT DAMAGE THERETO AND A PAIR OF CHANNELS ONE ON EACH SIDE OF SAID BASE, ADJACENT SAID HINGE, BY MEANS OF WHICH WIRES MAY ENTER THE BLOCK AND BE WRAPPED ABOUT SAID CENTER POST AND ATTACHED TO SAID TERMINALS