Directional turn signal switch with cams inclined to the plane of rotation of the striker

Claim 1

A DIRECTION INDICATOR SWITCH WHICH IN USE IS CANCELLED BY A STRIKER ROTATABLE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL OF A ROAD VEHICLE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A SUPPORT, AN ACTUATING MEMBER, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID ACTUATING MEMBER TO SAID SUPPORT FOR ANGULAR MOVEMENT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM AN INOPERATIVE POSITION TO A PAIR OF OPERATIVE POSITIONS IN WHICH IN USE THE SWITCH COMPLETES CIRCUITS TO DIRECTION INDICATOR LAMPS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VEHICLE RESPECTIVELY, RESILIENT MEANS ACTUATING BETWEEN THE SUPPORT AND ACTUATING MEMBER AND URGING THE ACTUATING MEMBER TO ITS INOPERATIVE POSITION, COOPERATING LATCH MEANS ON SAID ACTUATING MEMBER AND SUPPORT SAID LATCH MEANS SERVING WHEN THE ACTUATING MEMBER IS MOVED TO AN OPERATIVE POSITION TO RETAIN SAID ACTUATING MEMBER IN SAID OPERATIVE POSITION AGAINST THE ACTION OF THE RESILIENT MEANS, A PAIR OF CAMS CARRIED BY SAID ACTUATING MEMBER AND WHICH WHEN THE ACTUATING MEMBER IS MOVED TO ITS OPERATIVE POSITIONS ARE MOVED INTO THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID STRIKER RESPECTIVELY, EACH OF SAID CAMS BEING MOVABLE TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM SAID SUPPORT AND BEING INCLINED TO THE PLANE OF ROTATION OF SAID STRIKER AND DEFINING A FIRST SURFACE WHICH WHEN A TURN INDICATED BY THE SWITCH IS NEGOTIATED IS ENGAGED BY THE STRIKER TO MOVE THE APPROPRIATE CAM TOWARDS THE SUPPORT, AND A SECOND SURFACE WHICH IS ENGAGED BY THE STRIKER ON RETURN MOVEMENT THEREOF AFTER A TURN HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED TO MOVE THE CAM AWAY FROM THE SUPPORT, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF A CAM AWAY FROM THE SUPPORT FOR RELEASING THE LATCH MEANS SO THAT THE RESILIENT MEANS RETURNS THE SWITCH TO THE INOPERATIVE POSITION.