Multiple pushbutton switch

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A MULTIPLE PUSH BUTTON ELECTRICAL SWITCH COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING CHANNELS EACH OF WHICH IS ADAPTED FOR RECEIVING IN SLIDING RELATIONSHIP A PUSH BUTTON SO THAT SAID PUSH BUTTONS ARE SLIDABLE BETWEEN AN OUTER AND INNER POSITION, EACH OF SAID PUSH BUTTONS MOLDED FROM PLASTIC MATERIAL AND FORMED WITH AN INTEGRAL STOP PORTION FOR LIMITING THE OUTWARDLY MOVEMENT THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOUSING, A LATCH PLATE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND SPRING MEANS BIASING SAID PLATE TOWARD SAID PUSH BUTTONS, SWITCH MEANS IN SAID HOUSING DISPOSED FOR ACTUATION BY SAID PUSH BUTTONS WHEN SAID BUTTONS ARE SLID TO THE INNER POSITION, EACH OF SAID PUSH BUTTONS BEING PROVIDED WITH AN INTEGRAL CAM PORTION WHICH COOPERATES WITH SAID LATCH PLATE WHEREBY SAID LATCH PLATE CAN HOLD SAID PUSH BUTTONS IN THE INNER POSITION AND THE INWARDLY MOVEMENT OF ANY OF SAID PUSH BUTTONS CAN CAUSE ITS SAID CAM PORTION TO PIVOT SAID LATCHPLATE SUFFICIENTLY FOR RELEASING SAID PUSH BUTTONS IN THE INNER POSITION, EACH OF SAID PUSH BUTTONS FORMED WITH A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CAVITY FACING INWARDLY TOWARD SAID HOUSING, A SPRING DISPOSED WITHIN EACH OF SAID PUSH BUTTON CAVITIES FOR BIASING THEM OUTWARDLY, A POST SUPPORTED BY SAID HOUSING ADJACENT SAID SWITCH MEANS AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH AND EXTENDING INTO EACH OF SAID PUSH BUTTON CAVITIES FOR GUIDING AND RESTRICTING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID SPRINGS, EACH OF SAID PUSH BUTTONS HAVING AN INTEGRAL CONTACT PORTION FOR ACTUATING SAID SWITCH MEANS WHEN SAID BUTTON IS AT THE INNER POSITION.