Slidable switch actuator contacts and structure associated therewith

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC PUSH-BOTTON SWITCH COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASING OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING A LENGTHWISE PASSAGEWAY THERETHROUGH, A PLURALITY OF FIXED CONTACTS EXTENDING INTO SAID PASSAGEWAY AND SPACED THEREALONG, A SELECTOR SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID PASSAGEWAY AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE RECESS HAVING A BOTTOM AND AN OPENING TOWARD SAID CONTACTS, A FLEXIBLE J-SHAPED MOVABLE CONTACT ELEMENT DISPOSED IN SAID RECESS WITH ITS LONGER ARM ADAPTED TO WIPE OVER SAID FIXED CONTACTS AND TO BRIDGE TWO ADJACENT ONES OF SAID FIXED CONTACTS, ITS SHORTER ARM ADAPTED TO BEAR AGAINST SAID BOTTOM OF SAID RECESS, AND MEANS INCLUDING AN ARCUATE PORTION OF SAID SHORTER ARM FORMING A PIVOT WHEREBY SAID ELEMENT WILL ROCK AS ITS LONGER ARM MOVES PAST ONE OR THE OTHER OF SAID TWO ADJACENT FIXED CONTACTS, SAID ARCUATE PORTION OF THE SHORTER ARM OF SAID ELEMENT BEING FORMED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE CENTER OF SAID J-SHAPED ELEMENT AND BEARING ON THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF SAID RECESS.