Float switch for closing automobile windows and erecting convertible tops

Claim 1

A DEVICE ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A VEHICLE FOR ELECTRICALLY CLOSING VERTICALLY MOVING WINDOWS AND CONVERTIBLE TOPS, SAID DEVICE BEING ATTACHABLE BY SUITABLE MEANS TO THE BODY OF SAID VEHICLE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A WELL HAVING A CHAMBER WITH A SURFACE AREA SMALLER THAN THE SURFACE ARE OF SAID WELL, SAID CHAMBER BEING FORMED BY A DEPRESSION IN SAID WELL, A FLOAT RESTING IN SAID CHAMBER HAVING VERTICAL FREEDOM OF MOTION AND HAVING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL CENTER ALONG ITS AXIS, A VERTICAL UPSTANDING ELEMENT SECURED TO THE BASE OF SAID WELL AND ADAPTED TO SLIDABLY ENGAGE SAID FLOAT WITHIN ITS HOLLOW CENTER PORTION, AND GENERALLY CONCENTRIC THEREWITH, SAID ELEMENT HAVING ONE OR MORE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS SECURED ALONG ITS OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A SECOND SET OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS SECURED ALONG ITS OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A SECOND SET OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS SECURED ALONG THE INNER CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF SAID FLOAT, SAID FLOAT HAVING A FIRST POSITION BELOW AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT, SAID FLOAT HAVING A SECOND POSITION FOR ENGAGING SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT WHEN A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF WATER ENTERS SAID WELL AND THEREBY ACTUATING THE CONTROL MECHANISM, SAID FLOAT HAVING A THIRD POSITION ABOVE SAID CONTACTS WHEN AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF WATER HAS ENTERED SAID WELL SO AS TO CAUSE SAID FLOAT TO BREAK THE ENGAGEMENT OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRICAL CONTACTS SO AS TO AUTOMATICALLY DISCONNECT SAID ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED MECHANISM, AND A DRAIN SLOT IN SAID VERTICAL UPSTANDING ELEMENT COMMUNICATIVE WITH THE WATER IN SAID WELL AND POSITIONED ALONG ITS CIRCUMFERENCE AT A HEIGHT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN SAID FLOAT IN SAID THIRD POSITION.

Claim 2

A DEVICE ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A VEHICLE FOR ELECTRICALLY CLOSING VERTICALLY MOVING WINDOWS AND CONVERTIBLE TOPS, SAID DEVICE BEING ATTACHABLE BY SUITABLE MEANS TO THE BODY OF SAID VEHICLE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A WELL HAVING A CHAMBER WITH A SURFACE AREA SMALLER THAN THE SURFACE ARE OF SAID WELL, SAID CHAMBER BEING FORMED BY A DEPRESSION IN SAID WELL, A FLOAT RESTING IN SAID CHAMBER HAVING VERTICAL FREEDOM OF MOTION AND HAVING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL CENTER ALONG ITS AXIS, A VERTICAL UPSTANDING ELEMENT SECURED TO THE BASE OF SAID WELL AND ADAPTED TO SLIDABLY ENGAGE SAID FLOAT WITHIN ITS HOLLOW CENTER PORTION, AND GENERALLY CONCENTRIC THEREWITH, SAID ELEMENT HAVING ONE OR MORE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS SECURED ALONG ITS OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A SECOND SET OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS SECURED ALONG ITS OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A SECOND SET OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS SECURED ALONG THE INNER CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF SAID FLOAT, SAID FLOAT HAVING A FIRST POSITION BELOW AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT, SAID FLOAT HAVING A SECOND POSITION FOR ENGAGING SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT WHEN A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF WATER ENTERS SAID WELL AND THEREBY ACTUATING THE CONTROL MECHANISM, SAID FLOAT HAVING A THIRD POSITION ABOVE SAID CONTACTS WHEN AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF WATER HAS ENTERED SAID WELL SO AS TO CAUSE SAID FLOAT TO BREAK THE ENGAGEMENT OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRICAL CONTACTS SO AS TO AUTOMATICALLY DISCONNECT SAID ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED MECHANISM, AND A DRAIN SLOT IN SAID VERTICAL UPSTANDING ELEMENT COMMUNICATIVE WITH THE WATER IN SAID WELL AND POSITIONED ALONG ITS CIRCUMFERENCE AT A HEIGHT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN SAID FLOAT IN SAID THIRD POSITION.