Patent ID: 7060915

Claim:
A multiple switching device, comprising: an insulative support; a plurality of contacts mounted on said support; a sheet metal conducting member having a base portion lying in a horizontal plane and a plurality of plates each connected by a bend to extend out of said horizontal plane and each plate having a finger, said conductive member being moveable along a first horizontal direction to move a first finger against and away from engagement with a first of said contacts and along a second horizontal direction to move a second finger against and away from a second contact; an operating member coupled to said conductive member base portion and being slideable horizontally on said support with said conductive member base portion, said operating member having a button part that is moveable by a person's finger; said operating member has a largely horizontal lower operating member surface and has largely vertical peripheral locations; said base portion of said conductive member lies under said operating member lower surface and extends in a horizontal plane; said plates each projects primarily upward from one of said bends to lie beside one of said peripheral locations of said operating member, so when the operating member slides horizontally it pushes horizontally against at least one of said plates to pivot the finger of the plate about a corresponding one of said bends.