Switches embodying spring loaded actuating button means

Claim 1

A PUSH BUTTON SWITCH COMPRISING A HOUSING, A PAIR OF ELECTRIC TERMINALS MOUNTED IN FIXED SPACED APART AND INSULATED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER IN SAID HOUSING, A PUSH BUTTON MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT INWARDLY TOWARD THE REAR OF SAID HOUSING AND OUTWARDLY OF THE FRONT OF SAID HOUSING, OPPOSED GUIDE SURFACES IN SAID HOUSING LYING IN PLANES CONVERGING ANGULARLY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR OF SAID HOUSING, CONTACT MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING CARRIED BY SAID PUSH BUTTON FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID TERMINALS IN THE OUTERMOST POSITION OF SAID PUSH BUTTON AND DISCONNECTING SAID TERMINALS UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID PUSH BUTTON INWARDLY OF SAID HOUSING, SAID CONTACT MEANS HAVING DIVERGENT LEAF SPRING ARMS PROVIDED WITH END PORTIONS IN GUIDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID GUIDE SURFACES, SAID PLANES OF SAID GUIDE SURFACES HAVING A POINT OF PLANAR CONFLUENCE LYING BETWEEN SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID LEAF SPRING ARMS, AND SAID LEAF SPRING ARMS BEING PLACED UNDER COMPRESSION BY ENGAGEMENT OF SAID END PORTIONS WITH SAID GUIDE SURFACES UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID PUSH BUTTON INWARDLY OF SAID HOUSING TO AN EXTENT SO THAT UPON THE RELEASE OF SAID PUSH BUTTON THE COMPRESSED SPRING LEAF ARMS SOLELY EFFECT OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID PUSH BUTTON.