Multi-position snap switch

Claim 1

SNAP ACTION SWITCH MEANS HAVING FIRST, EQUILIBRIUM AND THIRD POSITIONS COMPRISING: A MOUNTING MEANS; A MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING MEANS, SAID MEANS INCLUDING MEMBERS EXTENDING THEREFROM; AN ACTUATOR MEANS HAVING AN EXTREMITY COUPLED TO SAID MOUNTING MEANS, SAID ACTUATOR MEANS SLIDABLY INTERFITTING WITH SAID MEMBERS AND EXTENDING THEREBEYOND; A CONTACT CARRYING BLADE PIVOTABLY COUPLED TO SAID MEMBERS; ENERGY STORAGE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BLADE AND TO SAID ACTUATOR MEANS AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE PLANE OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID ACTUATOR MEANS SLIDABLY DISPLACED ALONG SAID MEMBERS BY A CONDITION THEREBY CAUSING PIVOTABLE DISPLACEMENT OF SAID BLADE THROUGH SAID ENERGY STORAGE MEANS WITH A SNAP ACTION MOTION UNTIL THE PLANE OF SAID BLADE AND THE PLANE OF SAID ACTUATOR SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDE THEREBY CAUSING SAID BLADE TO MAINTAIN AN EQUILIBRIUM POSITION, THEREAFTER SAID BLADE IS DISPLACED WITH SAID ACTUATOR UNTIL A PREDETERMINED DISPLACEMENT IS ATTAINED BY SAID ACTUATOR, THEREAFTER SAID BLADE IS SNAPPED INTO SAID THIRD POSITION.