Patent ID: 7247999

Claim:
A lighting control system for controlling the intensity of a lighting load from a source of AC power, comprising: a load control device comprising a first load terminal, a second load terminal, a controllably conductive device coupled between said first load terminal and said second load terminal for controlling the current through said lighting load, and an accessory terminal; said first load terminal, said controllably conductive device, and said second load terminal coupled in series electrical connection for carrying substantially all of said current through and said lighting load; said load control device operable to toggle the lighting load between an ON state in which a current flows through the lighting load as determined by the controllably conductive switch and an OFF state in which substantially no current flows through the lighting load; a maintained switch coupled between said accessory terminal and one of said first load terminal and said second load terminal; said maintained switch having a closed state in which said accessory terminal is coupled to said one of said first load terminal and said second load terminal, and an open state in which said accessory terminal is not coupled to said one of said first load terminal and said second load terminal; and wherein said load control device is operable to toggle said lighting load when said maintained switch changes between said open state and said closed state.