Foot operated kick-down switch construction

Claim 1

A SWITCH CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A CASING; A FIRST SET OF SPACED APART CONTACT ELEMENTS SUPPORTED BY SAID CASING; A SECOND SET OF SPACED APART CONTACT ELEMENTS SUPPORTED BY SAID CASING, EACH OF SAID SETS OF CONTACT ELEMENTS BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER ALONG SAID CASING; A BRIDGING MEMBER ADAPTED TO BRIDGE THE CONTACT ELEMENTS OF EITHER OF SAID SETS; A CARRIER MEMBER COMPOSED OF A PAIR OF RELATIVELY MOVABLE PARTS DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A VARIABLE SIZE, SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED SLOT IN WHICH SAID BRIDGING MEMBER IS RECEIVED, SAID CARRIER MEMBER MOUNTING SAID BRIDGING MEMBER IN SAID CASING FOR BACK-AND-FORTH MOVEMENTS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ALONG A PATH ADJACENT AND BETWEEN SAID SETS OF CONTACT ELEMENTS AND FOR MOVEMENTS IN AND OUT OF SAID SLOT AWAY FROM AND TOWARD THE CONTACTS OF SAID SETS OF CONTACTS; YIELDABLE MEANS REACTING BETWEEN SAID CASING AND SAID CARRIER MEMBER AND CONSTANTLY BIASING THE LATTER IN ONE DIRECTION TOWARDS ONE END OF SAID PATH AND CONSTANTLY URGING SAID PARTS OF SAID CARRIER MEMBER TO MOVE RELATIVELY TO ONE ANOTHER TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF SAID SLOT AND URGE SAID BRIDGING MEMBER TO MOVE OUT OF SAID SLOT; AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIER MEMBER FOR SHIFTING THE LATTER ALONG SAID PATH IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID ONE DIRECTION.