Toggle selector switch

A toggle selector switch comprising:

• a housing having a top surface and a side wall;
• an activator stylus mounted in said housing to be pivotable about at least one axis, said stylus comprising an elongate stem, a base plate at a bottom end of said stem and a striker extending generally perpendicularly from the stem;
• at least one pushbutton switch mounted in said housing;
• said pushbutton switch being positioned axially in said housing to be engaged by said striker when said elongate activator stylus is pivoted;
• a biasing member supported in said housing;
• said base plate of said stem engaging said biasing member;
• whereby said biasing member will center the activator stylus on a central axis when a force applied to the stylus is removed;
• said at least one pushbutton switch comprising:
• a mounting base including a contact;
• a first electrically conductive dome coupled to the mounting base and positioned above the contact, the first electrically conductive dome being normally spaced from the contact, the first electrically conductive dome being adapted and configured to flex under an applied force and to then touch the contact to complete a circuit and to return when the force is withdrawn;
• and
• a second electrically conductive dome positioned above the first electrically conductive dome, the second electrically conductive dome adapted and configured to increase the force required to bring the first electrically conductive dome into contact with the contact,
• wherein, the activator stylus and the at least one pushbutton switch are adapted and configured such that a user can manipulate the activator stylus and depress the first conductive dome of the at least one pushbutton switch such that a circuit is completed between the contact and the first electrically conductive dome of the pushbutton switch and the pushbutton switch outputs a signal indicating that the activator stylus has been moved in the one of four directions.