Patent ID: 8835780

Claim:
A switch actuating assembly having a switch operating member moveable along a first path to operate a first switch associated with a first function, moveabie along a second path to operate a second switch associated with a second function, and along a third path to operate a switch associated with a third function, a guide to control movement of said switch operating member, guide members acting between said switch operating member and said guide to constrain said switch operating member for movement along said paths, said switch operating member having a rest position in which said guide members permit movement along any of said paths and said guide members being configured such that upon movement of said switch operating member along one of said paths from said rest position, movement of said switch operating member along the other two of said paths from said rest position is inhibited, one of said guide and switch operating member including three tracks, each track defining a respective one of said paths, and the other of said switch operating members and said guide having followers engagable with respective ones of said tracks, a pair of said tracks being spaced from one another and intersecting a third of the tracks at spaced locations, said pair of said tracks being convergent to vary the spacing of said pair of tracks so that movement of one of said followers along one of said pair of tracks from said rest position inhibits movement of another of said followers along the other of said pair of tracks.