Patent ID: 7012196

Claim:
A breadboard comprising a plate made of an insulating material and having a connection strip portion including a grouping of at least three rows of sets of at least three spaced apart holes in each set in the plate, the centers of the holes in each set being spaced from each other by a predetermined distance, groups of at least three connector clips in the plate each connected in at least a three gang grouping, each grouping being referred to as a conductive strip which is aligned with and beneath one of the rows of sets of holes with all conductive strips being electrically isolated from each other, and the sets being aligned in each row, end-to-end, and each row being offset or staggered from each adjacent row such that an array of spaces is formed, with each space in an interior row forming a center of a diamond shaped four pin socket, that has a connector clip in the plate at each of its four points or corners, that originates from a different conductive strip.