Patent ID: 9666386
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. A multi-illuminated pushbutton, comprising: a substrate having a switch; a lighting board affixed to the substrate, the lighting board having a first light source configured to emit light to indicate a first state, a second light source configured to emit light to indicate a second state, and a through channel disposed between the first light source and the second light source; a button cap having a first window for transmission of light from the first light source, a second window for transmission of light from the second light source, and a button base disposed through the through channel of the lighting board and in operable relation with the switch; and wherein the button base has a shape that prevents substantially all light emitted from the first light source from transmission through the second window and prevents substantially all light emitted from the second light source from transmission through the first window.