Slidable switch mechanism for an electric toothbrush

Claim 1

A SWITCH FOR AN ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH COMPRISING A PAIR OF UPWARDLY EXTENDING GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL FIXED SPACED TERMINALS, A MANUAL CONTROL BUTTON SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID TOOTH BRUSH, A PAIR OF FLEXIBLE CONTACT ARMS, SAID ARMS BEING FORMED OF SHEET METAL, EACH OF SAID ARMS HAVING A FREE END, AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND AN END SECURED TO SAID CONTROL BUTTON TO PROVIDE SECURED ENDS AND FREE ENDS, SAID SECURED ENDS BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER, SAID FREE ENDS BEING IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER SO THAT TOGETHER THE ARMS FORM A GENERALLY V SHAPED ARRANGEMENT, THE INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS BEING BENT TO BE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER TO PROVIDE GENERALLY PARALLEL ARMS, SAID CONTACT ARMS BEING SPACED FROM SAID TERMINALS IN ONE POSITION OF SAID CONTROL BUTTON AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID TERMINALS IN ANOTHER POSITION OF SAID CONTROL BUTTON SO THAT BY SLIDING THE CONTROL BUTTON IN ONE DIRECTION THE CONTACT ARMS ARE WEDGED BETWEEN THE GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL TERMINALS WITH THE GENERALLY PARALLEL INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS REMAINING IN CONTACT WITH THE TERMINALS AND THE FREE ENDS BEING WIPED AGAINST THE TERMINALS TO OBTAIN GOOD ELECTRICAL CONTACT, MEANS PROVIDED ON SAID CONTACT ARMS FOR HOLDING THE CONTACT ARMS IN CONTACT WITH THE TERMINALS IN THE SWITCH CLOSED POSITION, SAID FLEXIBLE CONTACT ARMS BEING MOVED OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID TERMINALS BY MANUALLY SLIDING THE BUTTON IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.