Modular electrical components having means for side-by-side physical and electrical inter-connection

Claim 1

A SWITCH CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING LATERAL ENDS ADAPTED TO BE PLACED IN ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LATERAL ENDS OF OTHER HOUSINGS, SAID HOUSING HAVING A SWITCH CONTACT THEREIN, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SWITCH CONTACT TO A CIRCUIT TO BE CONTROLLED, A RESILIENT CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBER IN SAID HOUSING IN A POSITION OVERLYING SAID SWITCH CONTACT AND ADAPTED TO BE MOVABLE INTO CONTACT THEREWITH, AN OPERATING BUTTON MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND OVERLYING SAID RESILIENT CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND SAID SWITCH CONTACT, WHEREBY DEPRESSION OF SAID OPERATING BUTTON WILL MOVE SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBER INTO CONTACT WITH SAID SWITCH CONTACT AND THE RESILIENCE OF THE CONDUCTIVE MEMBER WILL CAUSE IT TO MOVE ITSELF OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID SWITCH CONTACT AND TO RAISE SAID BUTTON, SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBER EXTENDING LATERALLY BEYOND AND OUTWARDLY OF AT LEAST ONE LATERAL END OF THE HOUSING, A SECOND SWITCH CONTACT IN SAID HOUSING, THE MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBER INCLUDING MEANS TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF THE CONDUCTIVE MEMBER IN A POSITION OVERLYING SAID SEC-