Pushbutton switch with mechanically actuated extended slider

Claim 1

A PUSHBUTTON SWITCH HAVING A MEANS FOR MECHANICALLY ACTUATING AN EXTERNAL DEVICE, SAID SWITCH COMPRISING A BASE, A PLURALITY OF PUSHRODS MOUNTED IN SAID BASE, AND A PLURALITY OF SLIDERS DISPOSED IN PARALLEL SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP WITHIN SAID BASE FOR COOPERATION WITH SAID PUSHRODS AND RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID PUSHRODS, CONTACT MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF MOVABLE CONTACTS SUPPORTED BY SAID BASE FOR OPERATION BY CERTAIN OF SAID SLIDERS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SLIDERS HAVING AT LEAST ONE MOTION TRANSMITTING PROJECTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BASE AND AT LEAST ONE ACTUATING RECESS, SAID PROJECTION BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID EXTERNAL DEVICE, SAID ACTUATING RECESS COMPRISING AN INCLINED EDGE DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 45* TO THE DIRECTION OF MOTION OF SAID ONE SLIDER FOR COACTING WITH AN ASSOCIATED PUSHROD THEREBY TO MOVE SAID SLIDER PROJECTION TO AN ACTUATING POSITION IN RESPONSE TO DEPRESSION OF SAID PUSHROD TO MECHANICALLY ACTUATE AN EXTERNAL DEVICE, AND A VERTICAL EDGE CONTINUOUS FROM SAID INCLINED EDGE AND DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 90* TO THE DIRECTION OF MOTION OF SAID ONE SLIDER, SAID VERTICAL EDGE FORMING A SEAT AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID RECESS TO LOCK SAID ONE SLIDER IN SAID ACTUATED POSITION WHEN SAID ASSOCIATED PUSHROD IS IN IT INNERMOST DEPRESSED POSITION.