Patent ID: 8097823

Claim:
A wiring standard selector switch comprising: (i) a baseboard made of insulating material, the baseboard having thereon a plurality of spaced individual contact members arranged in a first set of contact members and a second set of contacts members, each contact member of the first set of contact members being adapted to receive an electrical end of an individual wire conductor of an end of an input cable and each contact member of the second set of contact members being adapted to receive an electrical end of an individual wire of an end of an output cable; (ii) a cover shaped and dimensioned to be connected to the baseboard, the cover being disposed above and in spaced relation to the contact members of the baseboard, the cover having formed therein a slot extending longitudinally with respect to the baseboard, (iii) a switch actuating means, the switch actuating means being mounted beneath the cover and having a portion extending through the slot formed in said cover, the switch actuating means being movable slidably along the slot of the cover; and (iv) a plurality of circuit conductors carried by the switch actuating means, the plurality of circuit conductors being disposed on the switch actuating means so as to achieve paired electrical contact between the first and second sets of contact members of the baseboard; whereby moving the switch actuating means slidably along the slot of the cover, at predetermined space intervals, the first and second sets of contact members engage the plurality of circuit conductors so as to establish a different complete circuit at each of the predetermined space intervals between each of the paired electrical ends of the individual wire conductors of the input and output cables, wherein each of the different complete circuits correspond to a different network wiring standard.