Patent ID: 7175485

Claim:
A wiring termination assembly for coupling a conductor to a wiring device wherein: the wiring device has a base member and a cover adapted to be positioned on the base member, said base member has an aperture with recesses in side edges of said aperture; a clamp plate having an exterior surface, an interior surface, a bottom member and a top member having and a U shaped aperture to provide a pair of spaced apart legs, ends of the pair of spaced apart legs are bent toward the exterior surface of the plate to provide a pivot surface, wherein said clamp plate is pivotally coupled to the recesses in the side edges of the aperture and is pivotally coupled to the base member, a contact pad having a threaded aperture located adjacent the interior surface of the clamp plate; and a screw having a shaft positioned in the U shaped aperture of the clamp plate and threaded into the threaded aperture of the contact pad, a head of the screw being positioned at the exterior surface of the clamp plate.