Patent ID: 7285740
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A toggle button comprising: a button having two end portions that can be selectively depressed in a depressing direction; a support member which supports said button; and a biasing unit that biases said button in a direction opposite to the direction of depressing; and a pair of pins formed either on said button or on said support member at locations corresponding to respective opposite end portions of said button, and a pair of elongate apertures formed on the other of said button or on said support member in locations corresponding respectively to the pins, the axes of the pins being generally perpendicular to the direction of depressing, and the elongate apertures slidably receiving the pins therein and extending in lengthwise directions generally parallel to the direction of depressing; wherein said button is supported by said support member by fitting said two pins in said two elongate apertures, respectively; said button is biased by said biasing unit so that said pins are located respectively on one side of said elongate apertures when said button is in a neutral condition; and when one of said end portions of said button is depressed, said button swings against the biasing force of said biasing unit using the pin located on the other end portion of said button as the supporting point.