Omni-directional impact switch

Claim 1

AN IMPACT SWITCH, COMPRISING: A METALLIC BODY HAVING A CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER THEREIN, A NON-CONDUCTIVE CLOSURE MEMBER MOUNTED ACROSS ONE END OF SAID CHAMBER, A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE SWITCH ARMS MOUNTED ON SAID CLOSURE MEMBER AT SPACED INTERVALS IN AN ANNULAR RING CONCENTRIC WITH THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY INTO SAID CHAMBER, SAID SWITCH ARMS BEING HELD GENERALLY PARALLEL WITH THE WALL OF SAID CHAMBER BUT OUT OF CONTACT THEREWITH, A FIRST GROUP OF SAID SWITCH ARMS BEING SHAPED IN THE FORM OF FLAT BLADES, A SECOND GROUP OF SAID SWITCH ARMS BEING SHAPED IN THE FORM OF FLAT BLADES WITH A ROUNDED PROTUBERANCE FORMED INWARDLY AT AN INTERMEDIATE POINT THEREON, SAID SWITCH ARMS OF SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND GROUP BEING MOUNTED IN ALTERNATE POSITIONS IN SAID CONCENTRIC RING; AND AN INERTIAL MASS HAVING THE CONFIGURATION OF TWO FRUSTO-CONICAL SECTIONS JOINED AT THEIR SMALL BASE, SAID MASS THEREBY HAVING A CONCAVE OUTER SURFACE DEFINED BY THE SIDES OF SAID FRUSTO-CONICAL SECTIONS, SAID MASS BEING CONSTRAINED BETWEEN SAID ANNULARLY SPACED SWITCH ARMS WITH SAID ROUNDED PROTUBERANCES DISPOSED ON SAID CONCAVE SURFACE OF SAID MASS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SWITCH ARMS BEING FORCED INTO CONTACT WITH SAID METALLIC BODY UPON SUFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF SAID MASS IN ANY DIRECTION.