Patent ID: 6974925

Claim:
A Sabbath Switch Cover for retrofit installation in a kitchen appliance proximate an internal lighting system detent switch for selectively disabling or enabling an internal lighting system of a kitchen appliance by suppressing operation of its detent switch, comprising: a cover plate formed as a substantially rectangular frame having a top, a floor, a bottom opposite said floor, and a channel bisecting the top of said rectangular frame and opening to one end thereof, said channel being defined by opposing horizontally-oriented tracks, and a protruding stop inside said channel formed along the floor of said cover plate; a self-adhesive pad comprising a layer of adhesive material conforming to the bottom of said cover plate and fixedly bonded there beneath for self-adhesive application of said switch cover inside an appliance; said cover plate being adhered by said self-adhesive pad adjacent to and horizontally offset from an appliance detent switch; and a slide member conforming to the channel of said cover plate and slidably engaged by said horizontal tracks for slidable movement therein and horizontal extension therefrom over top of an appliance detent switch, said slide member having outwardly-protruding flanges for cooperation with the tracks of said channel, and a slide brake at one end for cooperation with the stop formed in the channel of said cover plate to prevent over-extension.