Patent ID: 7205492

Claim:
A push button actuator, comprising: a) a housing having an outer wall surrounding a passage extending forwardly-rearwardly through the housing along a central axis, with a slot formed through the outer wall of the housing extending transverse to the central axis and communicating with the passage; b) a disc-shaped member carried in the slot and defining an opening that aligns with the passage; c) a push button sub-assembly supported in the passage of the housing and extending through the opening of the disc-shaped member, including a front element movable along the central axis between opposed ends of a first range of permitted movement, and a rear element movable along the central axis between opposed ends of a second range of permitted movement; and, d) wherein the disc-shaped member is engaged by at least a selected one of the front and rear elements when the selected one of the front and rear elements is at one end of the associated first and second range of permitted movement.