Patent ID: 7387542

Claim:
An Apparatus comprising: an electrically insulative connector base unit; a plurality of electrically conductive pins, each pin having one hook-shaped end; a plurality of channels within said base unit for slideably inserting said pins, comprising a first channel cut in the top surface of said base unit, a second channel cut in the bottom surface of said base unit and successive channels cut in alternating top surface and bottom surface positions; an inset hole associated with each channel in said base unit within a distal endface of the base unit, each inset hole in alignment with the distal end of each channel; wherein the hook-shaped end of each pin is installed such that a short arm of said hook-shaped end is extended past the distal endface of said base unit and each short arm of said hook-shaped end of the pins is inserted into the inset hole at the distal end of each channel when said pin is fully inserted.