Positive lock toggle guard

Claim 1

On a switch having an externally reaching dual element toggle lever displaced in a first direction to an ''''on'''' position and in an opposite direction to an ''''off'''' position, an improved toggle lock guard allowing one-handed operation is provided therefor comprising: a base plate covering the front of said switch having two apertures for receiving said dual element toggle lever therethrough; a U-shaped mounting member having a pair of aligned bores in the upright sections and at least one hole in the base section disposed on said base plate; a threaded bolt reaching through said hole being screwed into a correspondingly tapped cavity in the switch for securing said base plate and said U-shaped mounting member on said switch in one of two possible positions; a helical biasing spring for exerting a continuous biasing force; and a wire-like bail including an elongate portion extending through and journaled in said aligned bores, a pair of parallel leg portions connected to opposite ends of said elongate portion and extending therefrom in a J-shaped configuration and a lock portion integrally extending to interconnect said leg portions being parallel to the elongate portion and in contact with said dual element toggle lever, said wire-like bail is disposed and adapted to be angularly rotated oppositely to the displacement of said toggle lever in said first direction first in time and separate in motion with respect to the displacement of said toggle lever to the ''''on'''' position and further disposed and adapted to be angularly rotated in the same direction as the displacement of said toggle lever in said opposite direction first in time and separate in motion with respect to the displacement of said toggle lever to the ''''off'''' position to prevent the accidental actuation of said switch.