Patent ID: 6286972
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A button and display carrier (5) for cooperating with a panel member (3) having a display (7), the carrier comprising a button portion, (4,6) and a display portion (2) integrally moulded in a translucent plastics material, the button portion (4,6) having at least one backlight (37) arranged to shine through the translucent material, and the display portion (2) having at least one display backlight (12) extending into the display portion (2) and arranged to illuminate a backlight area (8) of the translucent material, to provide a back illumination for the display (7), characterized in that the back illumination is provided both by light directly incident upon the backlight area (8) and surface-scattered from the backlight area (8).