Electrical switch construction

In an electrical switch construction having electrical contact means operated by an axially movable plunger means of a device carried by said construction, said contact means comprising a plurality of pairs of cooperating contacts arranged to have each cooperating pair thereof operated by said plunger means as said device axially moves said plunger means in one direction, each said pair of cooperating contacts comprising a fixed contact and a movable contact, each movable contact being snap-acting, each movable contact having a pivot member pivotally mounted to said construction, a one-piece substantially U-shaped flexible member having a cross member and a pair of legs extending from said cross member and defining pivot means that pivotally mount said pivot members to said construction, the improvement wherein said legs respectively have cam follower means intermediate said pivot means thereof and said cross member, said plunger means being axially movable between said legs and having cam means serially engageable with said follower means to serially flex said legs and thereby move said pivot means thereof to cause said pivot members to serially pivot as said plunger means is axially moved by said device in said one direction.