Switch with rocker actuator having detachable cover

Claim 1

In an illuminated miniature switch including a base formed of an insulating material, a casing consisting of side-walls extending upwardly from and fixed to the upper part of said base, lamp means within said casing, and a convertor member pivotally supported in said casing and having a rocking motion, corresponding to the rocking motion of a cup shaped operating button, said operating button being formed of a synthetic resin material, possessing some elasticity and including means at one end for detachably attaching one end of said operating button to said pivotally supported convertor the improvement which comprises: providing an opening in the upper face of said operating button, said opening being defined by a peripheral ledge extending around the periphery of said opening from inwardly inclined walls defining a lower portion of said opening and at least one recess in the lower portion of at least one of said walls; and providing a cover adapted to be detachably received in said opening and supported on said walls said cover including a projection extending outwardly from said cover and in a direction generally in a plane parallel to the plane of the cover and adapted to be received in the recess in said inclined sidewall of said operating button and to secure said detachable cover in said opening.