Electrical terminal block assembly

Claim 1

A TERMINAL BLOCK ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MODULAR TERMINAL BLOCKS DISPOSED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP; EACH SAID MODULAR TERMINAL BLOCK COMPRISING A PAIR OF IDENTICAL INSULATING HALVES; EACH SAID HALF HAVING FIRST INTERLOCKING MEANS COMPRISING RESILIENT SNAP-LOCK PLUGS AND SOCKETS TO INTERLOCK ONE-HALF OF A BLOCK TO THE OTHER HALF, AND HAVING SECOND INTERLOCKING MEANS COMPRISING RESILIENT SNAP-LOCK PLUGS AND SOCKETS TO INTERLOCK ONEHALF OF ONE BLOCK TO A HALF OF AN ADJACENT BLOCK, EACH OF SAID TERMINAL BLOCKS FURTHER INCLUDING A RECESS FORMED IN ONE OF THE INSULATING HALVES OF SAID BLOCK AND A COOPERATING RECESS FORMED IN THE OTHER OF SAID INSULATING HALVES, SAID RECESS BEING DISPOSED IN OPPOSED COOPERATING RELATIONSHIP SO AS TO JOINTLY DEFINE A CONTACT RECEIVING BORE WITHIN SAID BLOCK; WHEREIN SAID PLUGS HAVE UPSTANDING TRANSVERSE SHOULDERS THEREON AND SAID SOCKETS HAVE UPSTANDING TRANSVERSE RIBS THEREIN, THE SHOULDERS AND RIBS ON MATING PINS AND SOCKETS BEING DISPOSED TO RESILIENTLY INTERLOCK, THE FORCE REQUIRED TO SEPARATE AN INTERLOCK PIN AND SOCKET BEING A FUNCTION OF THE CONTIGUOUS HEIGHTS OF INTERLOCKED SHOULDER AND RIB.