Patent ID: 7387521

Claim:
A connector assembly ( 10 ) secured to a panel member for electrically coupling with a second connector assembly ( 10 ′) secured to a second panel member, the connector assembly ( 10 ) comprising: a contact ( 14 ) having a first portion ( 20 ) and a second portion ( 22 ) disposed at a predetermined spacing from each other, the second connector assembly ( 10 ′) including a contact ( 14 ′) having a first portion ( 20 ′) and a second portion ( 22 ′) disposed at a predetermined spacing from each other, the predetermined spacing of the contact ( 14 ) of the connector assembly ( 10 ) being configured and disposed to receive the second portion ( 22 ′) of the contact ( 14 ′) of the second connector assembly ( 10 ′), the contact ( 14 ′) of the second connector assembly ( 10 ′) being configured and disposed to receive the second portion ( 22 ) of the contact ( 14 ) of the connector assembly ( 10 ), the panel assemblies can be maintained parallel or non-parallel to each other while the connector assemblies ( 10 , 10 ′) are brought together from a plurality of directions; and wherein the second portion ( 22 ′) of the second connector assembly ( 10 ′) and corresponding first and second portions ( 20 , 22 ) of the connector assembly ( 10 ), and the second portion ( 22 ) of the connector assembly ( 10 ) and corresponding first and second portions ( 20 ′, 22 ′) of the second connector assembly ( 10 ′) are pivotably connectable.