Push button adapter for slide switch

The combination with a slide switch having an actuating button extending through a longitudinal slot in the top wall of the switch case, of an adapter for converting the switch into a push button switch, said adapter comprising a housing having an open bottom mounted on top of the switch with said actuating button extending up into the housing, means on the housing attaching it to the switch, a push button plunger slidably mounted in the housing and extending out of one end of it, the plunger having a recess therein loosely receiving said actuating button for moving it with the plunger, a coil spring compressed between the inner end of the plunger and the opposing end wall of the housing for normally holding the plunger in its outermost position with said button at one end of said slot, the plunger being movable into the housing far enough to move said button to the opposite end of said slot, a latch rotatably mounted in the top of the housing above the plunger, and means on top of the inwardly moving plunger for turning the latch from a normal position only far enough for it to stop outward movement of the released plunger before the plunger can move said button away from said opposite end of the slot, said latch-turning means being adapted to turn the latch past said plunger-stopping position when the plunger is pushed inwardly again and to then turn the latch to its normal position when the plunger is released so that the plunger will return said button to said one end of said slot.