Terminal block assembly for flat base or channel mounting

Claim 1

A TERMINAL-BLOCK ASSEMBLY HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SEPARABLE INTERLOCKING SECTIONS OF INSULATING MATERIAL EACH HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS AND A FLAT BOTTOM SURFACE, (A) EACH OF SAID SECTIONS HAVING MEANS TO MOUNT SAID TERMINAL-BLOCK ASSEMBLY ON EITHER A FLAT PORTION OR A U-SHAPED CHANNEL MEMEBR HAVING A PAIR OF INWARDLY EXTENDING PARALLEL FLANGES AND A PAIR OF PARALLEL BEADS ADJACENT TO THE DISTAL ENDS OF THE WALLS OF SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER; (B) SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED ARCUATE GROOVES OPENING INTO SAID BOTTOM SURFACE FOR RECEIVING SAID PAIR OF PARALLEL BEADS; (C) SAID MEANS ALSO COMPRISING A CUT-OUT PORTION IN THE SECOND END OF SAID SECOND SECTION, THE FIRST END OF EACH SECTION HAVING A MOUNTING MEMBER EXTENDING AWAY FROM THE SECOND END AND BEING OF THE SAME TRANSVERSE WIDTH TO INTERLOCK WITH THE CUT-OUT PORTION OF AN ADJACENT SECTION; (D) SAID MOUNTING MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN FOR RECEIVING THE HEAD AND A PORTION OF THE SHANK OF A MOUNTING SCREW FOR SECURING SAID ASSEMBLY TO A FLAT SURFACE OR FOR ENGAGING A CLAMP DISPOSED BENEATH SAID FLANGES TO SECURE SAID TERMINAL-BLOCK ASSEMBLY TO THE CHANNEL MEMBER.