Patent ID: 8563884

Claim:
A switching device for controlling one or more operable devices, the switching device comprising: a plurality of switches, each switch including an actuation member adapted to change the switch from a first state to a second state, the switches adapted to be coupled to the one or more operable devices; an activation lever having a first end and a second end, the second end of the activation lever including an engagement member, the activation lever being pivotal about a first pivot axis between a first position and a second position, the engagement member adapted to engage the actuation members of the switches when the activation lever is in the second position; a linkage lever pivotal about a second pivot axis between a first position of the linkage lever and a second position of the linkage lever, the linkage lever adapted to engage the activation lever and prevent the activation lever from pivoting from the first position of the activation lever to the second position of the activation lever when the linkage lever is in the first position of the linkage lever, and the linkage lever is adapted to allow the activation lever to pivot from the first position of the activation lever toward the second position of the activation lever when the linkage lever is in the second position of the linkage lever; whereby when the activation lever is in the first position the engagement member is spaced apart from the actuation members of the switches such that each of the switches is in the first state, and when the activation lever pivots from the first position toward the second position the engagement member substantially simultaneously engages the actuation members of the switches to substantially simultaneously change each switch from the first state to the second state.