Plug and receptacle connector

Claim 1

A HOUSING FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MEANS OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED HAVING AT LEAST ONE LONGITUDINAL CHANNEL FORMED THERETHROUGH BEGINNING AT THE REAR END THEREOF AND EXTENDING TOWARDS THE FRONT END THEREOF: (A) SAID HOUSING HAVING: (1) A LOWER WALL SURFACE; (2) A FIRST UPPER WALL SURFACE HAVING A LENGTH LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID LOWER WALL SURFACE; (3) A SECOND UPPER WALL SURFACE WHICH: (A) HAS A LENGTH THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LENGTHS OF SAID LOWER WALL SURFACE AND SAID UPPER WALL SURFACE; (B) IS POSITIONED CLOSER TO SAID LOWER WALL SURFACE THAN IS SAID UPPER WALL SURFACE; AND (C) HAS A PORTION OF ITS LENGTH FROM SAID FRONT END TOWARDS SAID REAR END WHICH HAS A WIDTH LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID UPPER WALL SURFACE AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID SECOND UPPER WALL SURFACE HAVING A WIDTH WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS SAID FIRST UPPER WALL SURFACE; (4) TRANSVERSE SHOULDER MEANS FORMED BY THE JUNCTURE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND UPPER WALLS; (5) RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE WALLS WHICH; (A) ARE SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS FROM SAID REAR END; AND (B) HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION WITH A LENGTH WHICH IS LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID LOWER WALL SURFACE AND IS GREATER THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID FIRST UPPER WALL SURFACE; AND (6) A TRANSVERSE OPENING EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY ACROSS THE FRONT END THEREOF AND EXTENDING FROM SAID FRONT END THROUGH AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE LENGTH THEREOF; AND (B) EACH SAID LONGITUDINAL CHANNEL BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE ELECTRICAL TERMINAL MEANS AND HAVING: (1) A LENGTH WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID HOUSING; (2) TERMINAL SUPPORTING MEANS FORMED THEREIN; AND (3) TERMINAL LOCKING MEANS FORMED THEREIN.