Battery cable connector

A battery cable connector for top and side battery terminals has two resiliently movable gripping members whose end portions are manually separable from a normally closed state to an open state and jaws formed on the end portions for engaging a top battery terminal when in the closed state. A side battery terminal clamp is connected to a support member which is pivotally mounted on the end portion of one gripping member for pivotal movement of the clamp, in a plane radial to the direction of movement of the end portions, between a retracted position wherein the jaws are free to engage a top battery terminal and an extended position wherein the clamp projects from the end portions and is free to engage a side battery terminal. When the jaws comprise meshing circumferentially positioned teeth, optional positions may be selected for the battery terminal clamp.