Selector switches of the trigger actuated type

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC SWITCH OF THE SELF-ENCLOSED TRIGGER ACTUATED TYPE ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING IN A HOUSING SO THAT THE SELF-ENCLOSED SWITCH IS WITHIN THE HOUSING AND THE ACTUATOR EXTENDS THROUGH AN APERTURE FOR MANUAL DEPRESSION COMPRISING: AN INSULATING BASE; A PLURALITY OF STATIONARY CONTACTS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID BASE; A MOVABLE CONTACT CARRIER WITHIN SAID BASE HAVING AT LEAST ONE CONTACT MOUNTED THEREON; A CONTACT SELECTOR EXTENDING INTO SAID BASE TO SUPPORT SAID CONTACT CARRIER AND BEING OPERABLE TO ROTATE SAID CONTACT CARRIER THEREBY TO PRESELECT ANOTHER STATIONARY CONTACT FOR ENGAGEMENT BY SAID MOVABLE CONTACT; A SPRING-BIASED ACTUATOR THROUGH WHICH SAID CONTACT SELECTOR ROTATABLY EXTENDS AND BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE WITH SAID CONTACT SELECTOR AFTER SAID PRESELECTION HAS BEEN MADE TO CLOSE THE SELECTED CONTACTS, SAID ACTUATOR HAVING A NARROW ELONGATED CROSS-SECTION AND BEING SLIDABLE IN THE APERTURE IN THE HOUSING IN WHICH THE SWITCH IS USED, AND SAID CONTACT SELECTOR HAVING AN ENLARGED HEAD PORTION FACILITATING MANUAL TURNING THEREOF AND BEING COEXTENSIVE WITH AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE SIDES OF SAID ACTUATOR; AND A LIMITED LOST MOTION CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID CONTACT SELECTOR AND SAID CONTACT CARRIER TO ALLOW ROTATION OF SAID SELECTOR MORE THAN SAID CONTACT CARRIER ROTATES THEREBY TO AFFORD ALINEMENT OF THE HEAD PORTION OF SAID SELECTOR WITH THE HEAD OF SAID ACTUATOR AFTER THE MOVABLE CONTACT HAS BEEN ALINED WITH A STATIONARY CONTACT.