Strip contact

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR MEMBER COMPRISING AN INSULATING BLOCK, A FIRST PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SPACED STRIP CONTACTS, A SECOND PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SPACED STRIP CONTACTS SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID FIRST PLURALITY, SAID STRIP CONTACTS OF SAID FIRST PLURALITY BEING ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY INDEPENDENT OF SAID STRIP CONTACTS INTEGRAL WITH SAID STRIP EACH OF SAID STRIP CONTACTS COMPRISING AN ENDLESS STRIP AND A PLURALITY OF SPACED CONTACTS INTEGRAL WITH SAID STRIP AND DEPENDING THEREFROM INTO OPENINGS IN SAID INSULATING BLOCK, SAID CONTACTS EACH INCLUDING A CONTACT HEAD WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH CONTINUATIONS OF SAID OPENINGS IN THE OPPOSING FACE OF SAID BLOCK, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF STRIP CONTACTS EACH INCLUDING SPACED ARCHES ALONG ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID STRIP INTERMEDIATE EACH PAIR OF SAID CONTACTS SO THAT THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID STRIPS OF SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF CONTACTS GENERALLY LIE IN THE SAME PLANE WITH THE STRIP OF SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF STRIP CONTACTS.