Patent ID: 6064019
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A switch cover comprising a resilient flexible membrane having an outer surface and an opposite inner surface for mounting onto a switch plate,the membrane having an aperture therethrough,a switch actuator button snugly journalled through the aperture and riveted to the membrane so as to leave an outer portion of the button protruding above the outer surface of the membrane for tactile feedback to an operator and so as to extend an inner portion of the button snugly through the aperture so as to prevent movement of the button relative to the membrane, the inner portion of the button extending generally perpendicularly from the inner surface of the membrane for actuating engagement with a corresponding switch actuator on the switch plate, wherein said button is guided only by said membrane in a vertical translation direction when said button is depressed, so as to deform said membrane, and released so as to return said button to a non-depressed position.