Front-operated switch with bail type handle

Claim 1

AN ENCLOSED ELECTRIC SWITCH COMPRISING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BOX-LIKE BODY HAVING A BACK WALL AND UPSTANDING SIDE AND END WALLS AND AN OPEN TOP WALL, IN ELECTRIC SWITCH UNIT MOUNTED IN SAID BOX BODY ON SAID BACK WALL AND INCLUDING AN OPERATING MEMBER MOVABLE BETWEEN "ON" AND "OFF" POSITIONS, AN OPENABLE COVER MOUNTED ON SAID BOX BODY AND CLOSING SAID TOP WALL, SAID COVER HAVING A GENERALLY PLANAR PERIPHERAL PORTION AND A GENERALLY CENTRAL OUTWARDLY DEFORMED ENLARGEMENT OR BUMP PROVIDING A CHAMBER ON SAID COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID BOX BODY, A MANUALLY OPERABLE HANDLE MEMBER COMPRISING A GENERALLY U-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING ITS END PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON SAID COVER ON AN AXIS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID PERIPHERAL PORTIONS, SAID HANDLE INCLUDING A MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE BIGHT PORTION PARALLEL OF SAID AXIS, SAID MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE PORTION BEING ENTRIELY WITHIN THE SPACE DEFINED BY THE PLANES OF SAID SIDE WALLS EXTENDED, AN INTERMEDIATE OPERATING MEMBER SLIDABLY SUPPORTED ON THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID PERIPHERAL PLANAR PORTION OF SAID COVER AND INCLUDING A PORTION PROJECTING INTO SAID COVER CHAMBER, AN ELONGATED APERTURE IN SAID PORTION OF SAID INTERMEDIATE MEMBER, MEANS CONNECTED TO ONE END OF SAID HANDLE AND EXTENDING INTO SAID APERTURE FOR CAUSING RECIPROCATING SLIDING MOTION OF SAID INTERMEDIATE OPERATING MEMBER UPON PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDLE MEMBER ABOUT SAID AXIS SAID INTERMEDIATE OPERATING MEMBER ALSO INCLUDING AN EXTENSION PROJECTING INTO SAID BOX BODY CHAMBER AND HAVING A RELEASABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID OPERATING MEMBER OF SAID SWITCH UNIT.