Slider switch

A slider switch mechanism especially adapted to mount in a generally cylindrical tubular column such as the steering column of an automotive vehicle, said column having one axial end thereof open, said open end further extending through an inset in the sidewall of the column, said mechanism unitarily insertable into the bore of the tubular column through the open end, said mechanism including an axially elongated suport member bearing a slider member therein, said slider member positioned to rest in the insert so as to be accessible from the exterior of the column, a resilient locking member on said support member mating with a retaining wall of said column during insertion of said assembly into said column to telescopically affix said support member stationarily within said column, said slider member including a manually operable handle protruding from the body thereof through the inset of said column wall, guide means in said column wall on the sides of the inset for constraining said slider member to movement along the body of said support member and said column in a direction parallel to the column axis, a contact operating finger on said slider member movable relative to said support member responsive to slide movement of the slider member.