jones

Claim 1

A MULTIPLE ELECTRIC SWITCH ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF SWITCHES, EACH OF SAID SWITCHES INCLUDING A PLUNGER SECTION MOVABLE ALONG THE AXIS OF SAID SWITCH FROM A NON-ACTUATED TO A DEPRESSED ACTUATED POSITION OF SAID SWITCH; A HOUSING, SAID SWITCHES POSITIONED UPON SAID HOUSING WITH THE AXES THEREOF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL; A RADIALLY EXTENDING ACTUATING ARM AFFIXED TO SAID PLUNGER FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH; A TRACK ASSEMBLY AFFIXED TO SAID HOUSING, SAID TRACK ASSEMBLY INCLUDING MEANS FOR RESTRAINING THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID ACTUATING ARMS LINEARLY FROM A NON-ACTUATED TO A DEPRESSED POSITION, A LOCKING SLIDE MEMBER AND A PLURALITY OF INTERLOCKING MEMBERS, SAID SLIDE MEMBER COMPRISING AN ELONGATE PLATE HAVING AN UPPER EDGE PROXIMATE SAID ARMS IN THE NON-ACTUATED POSITION THEREOF, SAID SLIDE MEMBER BEING LONGITUDINALLY MOVABLE FROM A FIRST TO A SECOND POSITION TRANSVERSELY TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID ARMS, SAID SLIDE MEMBER DEFINING A PLURALITY OF INDENTATIONS EXTENDING FROM SAID UPPER EDGE, EACH OF SAID INDENTATIONS BEING ALIGNED WITH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID ARMS, SAID ARM BEING MATEABLE THEREWITH AND MOVABLE THEREIN TO THE DEPRESSED POSITION, SAID INDENTATION DEFINING A DOWNWARDLY FACING SHOULDER ABOVE SAID ARM IN THE DEPRESSED POSITION OF SAID ARM WHEN SAID SLIDE MEMBER IS IN THE SECOND POSITION THEREOF; SAID INTERLOCKING MEMBERS BEING MOVABLE TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID ARMS, SAID INTERLOCKING MEMBERS BEING LONGITUDINALLY SEPARABLE TO DEFINE A SPACE THEREBETWEEN ALIGNED WITH ONE OF SAID INDENTATIONS ONLY AND MOVABLE TO DEFINE SAID SPACE IN ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OF SAID INDENTATIONS SELECTIVELY.