Push-button slider switch having pushrod retaining means and externally operable pushrod return means

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED PUSH-BUTTON SLIDER SWITCH COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING A BASE OF ELECTRICAL INSUALTING MATERIAL, A FIRST CONTACT MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE MOVABLE CONTACT DISPOSED ON SAID HOUSING, AT LEAST ONE ELONGATED ACTUATING SLIDER CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING FOR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS FOR ACTUATING SAID MOVABLE CONTACT, PUSHROD MEANS MOUNTED TO SAID HOUSING FOR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN OUTER POSITION AND A DEPRESSED POSITION IN RELATION TO SAID HOUSING, ACTUATING RECESS MEANS ON SAID CONTACT ACTUATING SLIDER TO RECEIVE SAID PUSHROD MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ACTUATING SLIDER FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TO SAID SECOND POSITION IN RESPONSE TO DEPRESSION OF SAID PUSHROD MEANS, AN ELONGATED RETAINING SLIDER CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING FOR RETAINING SAID PUSHROD MEANS IN A DEPRESSED POSITION, A SECOND CONTACT MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE MOVABLE CONTACT DISPOSED ON SAID HOUSING, SAID RETAINING SLIDER HAVING A CONTACT ACTUATING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID SECOND CONTACT MEANS, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID RETAINING SLIDER FOR APPLYING A LONGITUDINAL FORCE THERETO IN RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF SAID SECOND CONTACT MEANS THEREBY MOVING SAID RETAINING SLIDER LONGITUDINALLY IN SAID HOUSING AND RELEASING SAID PUSHROD MEANS FROM SAID DEPRESSED POSITION.