Multiple pushbutton switch

Claim 1

A MULTIPLE PUSHBUTTON SWITCH COMPRISING A HOUSING, A PLURALITY OF ACTUATORS MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING FOR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT THEREIN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS, CONTACT MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF MOVABLE CONTACTS SUPPORTED BY SAID HOUSING FOR OPERATION BY SAID ACTUATORS, FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED SLIDERS HAVING OPPOSED PARALLEL FACES AND AT LEAST ONE ASYMMETRICAL APERTURE THEREIN, THE ASYMMETRICAL APERTURE OF SAID FIRST SLIDER BEING IN PARTIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE ASYMMETRICAL APERTURE OF SAID SECOND SLIDER, AT LEAST ONE OF SAD ACTUATORS BEING MOUNTED TO FIT INTO SAID ASYMMETRICAL APERTURES, SPRING MEANS IN SAID HOUSING NORMALLY TENDING TO MOVE SAID ASYMMETRICAL APERTURES IN THE SAME DIRECTION ALONG THE AXIS OF ELONGATION OF THE SLIDERS, THE ASYMMETRICAL APERTURE OF SAID FIRST SLIDER HAVING A SURFACE ENGAGING SAID ONE ACTUATOR WHEN SAID ACTUATOR IS IN IT FIRST POSITION TO RESIST MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR TOWARD SAID SECOND POSITION, THE ASYMMETRICAL APERTURE OF SAID SECOND SLIDER HAVING A SURFACE ENGAGING SAID ACTUATOR AFTER MOVEMENT THEREOF TO SAID SECOND POSITION THEREBY TO FORCE SAID ACTUATOR TO REVERT TOWARD ITS FIRST POSITION, WHEREBY SAID ASYMMETRICAL APERTURES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SLIDERS COOPERATE TO CONTROL THE RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF SAID ONE ACTUATOR.