Abstract: A terminal base assembly for an electric meter characterized by an insulating base with a jaw terminal for receiving a mating blade terminal of a meter, an electric conductor for conducting current to the jaw terminal, a mounting clip for releasably mounting the jaw terminal in the hole and including offset side walls adjacent to facing walls of the hole and in face-to-face contact with the opposite sides of the jaw terminal, and fastening means securing the jaw terminal, the electric conductor, and the mounting clip together.

Abstract: A shield for avoiding the accumulation of contaminants and dust on stabs of loadcenter bus bars during handling and shipping characterized by a molded sheet-like member having spaced blisters extending from one side of the member, and the blisters being comprised of a semi-rigid material adapted to cover the bus bar and stabs detachably clampingly engaged in place.

Abstract: A rain-tight outdoor enclosure for containing electrical apparatus characterized by a box-like container and a detachable cover hingedly mounted. The container comprising an open vertical side and a open bottom end. The cover comprising a wall coextensive with the open side and having opposite flanges overlapping portions of corresponding sidewalls of the container. Means for hingedly mounting the cover on the container for movement between open and closed positions and including a groove in each opposite container side wall and a protrusion in each opposite flange of the cover which protrusions extend into the grooves and are slidable therein between open and closed positions of the cover. Latching means for holding the cover in the open position and comprising a projection on at least one of the side walls and abuttable with the cover when the cover is opened and each protrusion is in the open position in its groove.