Thermostat and reset therefor

Claim 1

IN A TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE DEVICE, A BASE MEMBER IN WHICH A TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT IS LOCATED THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED TEMPERATURE OF THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT FOR EXERTING AN OUTER FLEXING MOVEMENT, A BODY PORTION SECURED TO SAID BASE MEMBER AND HAVING AN INTERIOR CHAMBER FORMED THEREIN, CONTACT ELEMENTS EXTENDING INTO SAID CHAMBER AND BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM SAID TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT, A CONTACT MEMBER LOCATED IN SAID CHAMBER AND NORMALLY ENGAGING BOTH SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS TO BRIDGE THE SPACE THEREBETWEEN, THEREBY ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS, SAID CONTACT MEMBER BEING MOVABLE OUTWARDLY TO AN OPEN POSITION IN RESPONSE TO THE FLEXING MOVEMENT OF SAID TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT TO BREAK THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BETWEEN SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS, AND A RESET MEMBER EXTENDING INTO SAID BODY PORTION FOR MOVEMENT IN A RESET DIRECTION TOWARD SAID CONTACT MEMBER FOR ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, SAID RESET MEMBER INCLUDING A SHAFT PORTION THAT EXTENDS INWARDLY THROUGH AN OPENING IN SAID BODY PORTION AND INTO SAID CHAMBER, SAID SHAFT PORTION TERMINATING AT THE LOWER END THEREOF IN A HEAD THAT DEFINES A SHOULDER THEREWITH, SAID SHOULDER LIMITING OUTER MOVEMENT OF SAID RESET MEMBER, THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID HEAD ENGAGING SAID CONTACT MEMBER SO THAT DOWNWARD PRESSURE APPLIED TO SAID SHAFT PORTION WILL MOVE SAID CONTACT MEMBER FROM THE OPEN POSITION THEREOF TO THE ENGAGING AND BRIDGING POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID SPACED CONTACT ELEMENTS, SAID TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE RETURN MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTACT MEMBER FOR RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL UNFLEXED POSITION THEREOF.