Patent ID: 6392180
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A press button apparatus comprising:(a) a main body having a slide groove formed in a wall surface thereof, said slide groove including a plurality of slide rail segments collectively describing an endlessly looped configuration defining at least first and second locating portions, at least a pair of said slide rail segments being disposed one traversing the other, said slide groove including a stepped portion defined at each transition between adjacent slide rail segments and at each traversal of said slide rail segments; (b) a press element coupled to said main body in longitudinally displaceable manner; (c) at least one resilient element coupled to said press element and said main body for resiliently biasing said press element to a first position relative to said main body; (d) a push-pull element having a first end portion pivotally coupled to said press element for displacement therewith, said push-pull element having a second end portion slidably engaging said slide groove of said main body, said second end portion engaging said first and second locating portions of said slide groove in releasably locked manner; and (e) a resilient piece coupled to said push-pull element for resiliently biasing said push-pull element toward said slide groove; whereby said push-pull element is adjustable in position to at least first and second releasably locked positions responsive to respectively corresponding longitudinal displacement of said press element relative to said main body.