Multi slider switch

Claim 1

A switching device adaptable to a variety of switch functions comprising in combination: an insulating board; a plurality of conductors arranged on said board according to a predetermined, repetitive pattern separated from each other by a plurality of insulative gaps, the latter substantially narrower than the width of said conductors; an insulating cover having a rectangularly shaped flat mid-section with perpendicular sides for enclosing said conductors and said insulative gaps and for retaining said board in a spaced, parallel relationship with said midsection, said midsection having a plurality of slots located opposite said gaps, forming edges parallel to one of said sides in accordance with said conductor pattern; at least one slider having internal and external portions separated by a groove parallel to said midsection, said external portion being manually displaceable along the length of one of said slot edges, extending into said groove for the purpose of retaining said slider in said slot and for guiding its displacement therealong; said internal slider portion being located between said board and said midsection, extending to within close proximity of said conductors and having a bore perpendicular to said board and to said midsection; a spring loaded contact substantially wider than the width of said gap, protruding out of said bore, positioned by the surfaces forming said bore along the length and in conductive engagement with respective ones of said conductors coincidently to displacement of said slider along said slot edges; index means comprised of a spring loaded projection in said slider and of a plurality of indentations in said cover, said projection being adapted to protrude yieldingly into one of said indentations coincidently with said contact being stationed astride a respective pair of conductors on either side of said gap; and terminal means connected to said conductors accessible from outside of said cover.