Combined push-pull rotary switch with rheostat and thermal circuit breaker structure

Claim 1

A LIGHT CONTROL SWITCH FOR CONTROLLING THE LIGHTING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING, A CASE MEMBER FORMED OF INSULATING MATERIAL, SAID CASE MEMBER CARRYING A PLURALITY OF FIXED ELECTRICAL CONTACTS, A BRACKET MEMBER, SAID BRACKET MEMBER AND CASE MEMBER BEING SECURED TOGETHER AND DEFINING A CHAMBER, A RHEOSTAT ASSEMBLY HAVING PROJECTING TERMINALS PASSING THROUGH OPENINGS IN SAID CASE MEMBER AND HAVING A SECTION FITTING WITHIN A SLOT FORMED IN SAID BRACKET MEMBER, SAID RHEOSTAT ASSEMBLY FORMING ONE WALL OF SAID SWITCHING CHAMBER, A CONTACT CARRIER SHIFTABLE IN SAID SWITCHING CHAMBER HAVING A PAIR OF CONTACTS, AT LEAST FOUR OF SAID FIXED CONTACTS CARRIED BY SAID CASE MEMBER FORMING PAIRS OF DUAL INTENSITY CONTACTS WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY THE CONTACTS CARRIED BY SAID CONTACT CARRIER ONLY WHEN SAID CONTACT CARRIER IS IN AN "OFF" POSITION THE OTHER FIXED CONTACTS BEING CONNECTED BY SAID CONTACTS CARRIED BY SAID CONTACTS CARRIED WHEN IT IS SHIFTED FROM ITS "OFF" POSITION, SAID CONTACTS CARRIED BY SAID CONTACT CARRIER BEING DISENGAGED FROM SAID OTHER CONTACTS WHEN SAID CONTACT CARRIER IS IN ITS "OFF" POSITION.