Illuminable slide switch

Claim 1

AN ILLUMINABLE SLIDE SWITCH COMPRISING, A BASE, A PLURALITY OF INSULATDELY SEPARATED CONTACTS SUPPORTED ESSENTIALLY IN LINE IN SAID BASE, SLIDING CONTACT MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY INTERCONNECTING ADJACENT ONES OF SAID PLURALITY OF CONTACTS, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID BASE AND SAID SLIDING CONTACT MEANS FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT ALONG A SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR PATH EMBRACING SAID PLURALITY OF CONTACTS TO SELECTIVELY INTERCONNECT ADJACENT ONES OF SAID CONTACTS, ILLUMINABLE LIGHT BULB MEANS SUPPORTED CLOSELY ADJACENT AND GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID PATH, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF A PREDETERMINED RELATIVE POSITION BETWEEN SAID SLIDING CONTACT MEANS AND SAID PLURALITY OF CONTACTS FOR ILLUMINATING SAID BULB MEANS, ACTUATING MEANS ESTABLISHING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID SLIDING CONTACT MEANS AND SAID PLURALITY OF CONTACTS ALONG SAID PATH, AND MEANS INCLUDING SAID BASE AND SAID ACTUATING MEANS SURROUNDING SAID ILLUMINABLE BULB MEANS, SAID MEANS INCLUDING TRANSLUCENT MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING LIGHT FROM SAID ILLUMINABLE BULB MEANS WHEN THE LATTER IS ILLUMINATED TO THE OUTSIDE OF SAID MEANS FOR SURROUNDING.