Shock proof switch assembly using inter-ruptor means to disable actuating means

Claim 1

A SWITCH ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SWITCH-ACTUATING MEANS MOVABLE IN A GIVEN PATH BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION AND A SECOND POSITION, MANUALLY-OPERABLE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SWITCH-ACTUATING MEANS FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TO SAID SECOND POSITION, SWITCH MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS WHEN IN ITS SECOND POSITION, SAID SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS BEING YIELDABLY MOVABLE IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSELY OF ITS PATH, A WEIGHT, INTERRUPTOR MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID WEIGHT AND MOVABLE THEREWITH, AND GUIDE MEANS FOR DIRECTING SAID INTERRUPTOR MEANS IN A PATH INTERSECTING THE PATH OF SAID SWITCH-ACTUATING MEANS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND POSITIONS OF SAID SWITCHACTUATING MEANS, SAID INTERRUPTOR MEANS MOVING SAID SWITCH-ACTUATING MEANS TO ONE SIDE OF ITS PATH WHEN SAID INTERRUPTOR MEANS INTERSECTS SAID PATH AND ENGAGES SAID SWITCH-ACTUATING MEANS, SAID INTERRUPTOR MEANS MOVING INTO THE PATH OF SAID SWITCH-ACTUATING MEANS DURING SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF SAID SWITCH ASSEMBLY SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE SAID MANUALLY-OPERABLE MEANS TO MOVE SAID SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS FROM ITS FIRST POSITION TOWARD ITS SECOND POSITION.