Patent ID: 8822860

Claim:
Push button switch assembly ( 10 ) for insertion in a control panel ( 62 ) of a domestic appliance, the push button switch assembly ( 10 ) comprising at least one push button ( 12 ) and a frame ( 14 ) for receiving the at least one push button ( 12 ), wherein the push button ( 12 ) has a push button cap ( 16 ), whose top wall ( 20 ) is to be manipulated by a user, and an actuating element ( 18 ), in particular an actuating pin, for actuating a switch, especially a micro switch ( 70 ), of a circuit board ( 68 ) arranged underneath the push button switch assembly ( 10 ) upon actuation of the push button cap ( 16 ), wherein the push button cap ( 16 ) is provided with spring legs ( 32 , 34 ) resting on a frame bottom ( 38 ) and counteracting the actuation of the push button cap ( 16 ), wherein at least one pair of spring legs ( 32 , 34 ) is arranged at a point symmetric or in an axially symmetric arrangement at the push button cap ( 16 ), wherein the push button cap ( 16 ), the actuating element ( 18 ), and the spring legs are formed as a one-piece monolithic component, wherein the spring legs of each pair diverge from a common point of a bottom wall of the push button cap and extend downward in opposed directions such that each pair of spring legs describes an inverted V-shape.