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Claim 1

AN INTERLOCKED PUSHBUTTON MECHANISM COMPRISING: A PAIR OF BODY MEMBERS, EACH OPEN AT ONE FACE, DETACHABLY SECURED TOGETHER WITH THEIR OPEN FACES JUXTAPOSED AND DEFINING A HOLLOW BODY WITH A GUIDEWAY THEREIN TO WHICH ACCESS CAN BE GAINED WHEN ONE OF THE BODY MEMBERS IS REMOVED, A PAIR OF PUSHBUTTONS, GUIDE MEANS IN THE BODY AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE BODY, RESPECTIVELY, SUPPORTING EACH PUSHBUTTON FOR MOVEMENT INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER IN DIRECTIONS INWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY OF THE BODY AND TRANSVERSELY OF THE GUIDEWAY, THE GUIDE MEANS FOR EACH PUSHBUTTON INCLUDING SLIDEWAYS ON THE INNER SURFACES OF THE BODY MEMBERS, RESPECTIVELY, EACH PUSHBUTTON HAVING A PORTION MOVABLE THEREBY AND DISPOSED WITHIN THE BODY, AND EACH PORTION HAVING A CAM SURFACE THEREON, THE CAM SURFACE OF ONE PUSHBUTTON BEING ALIGNED WITH ONE END OF THE GUIDEWAY AND THE CAM SURFACE OF THE OTHER PUSHBUTTON BEING ALIGNED WITH THE OTHER END OF THE GUIDEWAY, SAID CAM SURFACES BEING POSITIONED TO APPROACH AND RECEDE FROM THEIR ASSOCIATED ENDS OF THE GUIDEWAY AND MOVEMENT OF THEIR ASSOCIATED PUSHBUTTON IN SAID DIRECTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, MOVABLE MEANS IN THE GUIDEWAY AND MOVABLE ENDWISE THEREOF AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY INCOMPRESSIBLE ENDWISE THEREOF, AND SAID MOVABLE MEANS BEING OF SUCH LENGTH RELATIVE TO THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID CAM SURFACES THAT ONE CAM SURFACE MUST BE IN RECEDED POSITION WHEN THE OTHER IS IN THE APPROACHED POSITION, AND THAT THE MOVABLE MEANS TRANSFERS SUFFICIENT FORCE FROM EACH CAM SURFACE, AS IT APPROACHES ITS ASSOCIATED END OF THE GUIDEWAY, TO THE OTHER CAM SURFACE TO CAUSE SAID OTHER CAM SURFACE TO RECEDE FROM THE END OF THE GUIDEWAY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OTHER CAM SURFACE, AND COMPLEMENTARY CONTACT MEANS INCLUDING STATIONARY CONTACTS IN THE BODY AND MOVABLE CONTACTS CARRIED BY THE PUSHBUTTONS, RESPECTIVELY, AND COOPERABLE WITH THE STATIONARY CONTACTS IN THE BODY.