Patent ID: 8649160

Claim:
A circuit breaker assembly comprising: a housing; an electrical bus structure within said housing; a number of first plug-in members coupled to said electrical bus structure; a number of insulative retainers coupled to said electrical bus structure, a corresponding one of said number of insulative retainers being operatively associated with a corresponding number of said number of first plug-in members; and a number of circuit breakers, each of said number of circuit breakers comprising a manual operator and a number of second plug-in members disposed opposite said manual operator, each of the number of second plug-in members electrically engaging a corresponding one of said number of first plug-in members, wherein the corresponding one of said number of insulative retainers is disposed about the corresponding number of said number of first plug-in members, in order: (i) to insulate said corresponding number of said number of first plug-in members, and (ii) to retain the number of second plug-in members that electrically engage the corresponding number of said number of first plug-in members, and wherein said number of insulative retainers is structured to retain said number of circuit breakers with said manual operator generally facing downward when a cover member is removed from said housing.