Control device and method of making the same

In a control device comprising a support means, two switch means carried by said support means in spaced apart relation and each having a movable part thereof that actuates the respective switch means when that said part is axially moved a certain distance in a certain direction, and movable actuator means carried by said support means for operating said parts of said two switch means, said support means comprising a generally flat surface means having said switch means thereon, said support means comprising a cover means carried by said surface means and having a part thereof spaced from said surface means with said part of said cover means having opposed surfaces, said actuator means being disposed between said surface means and said part of said cover means and normally being held against one of said opposed surfaces by said switch means, the improvement wherein said actuator means comprises a single member having two spaced apart plungers respectively operatively associated with and in axial alignment with said parts of said two switch means and having two actuator buttons thereon respectively in axial alignment with said plungers and said parts of said switch means, said member having two circular disc-like portions respectively disposed between the axially aligned actuator buttons and their respective plungers and in axially aligned relation therewith while extending radially outwardly from the respective actuator buttons, said part of said cover means having two separate openings passing therethrough and receiving said actuator buttons therein, said part of said cover means having two circular recesses in said one of said opposed surfaces thereof and respectively receiving said disc-like portions of said member therein, said member being pivotally mounted to said support means by said disc-like portions and their respective recesses so that said member actuates only one of said two switch means when said member is moved to one pivoted position thereof by an axial force applied in said certain direction to one of said buttons that is in axial alignment with said part of said one switch means and actuates only the other of two two switch means when said member is moved to another pivoted position thereof by an axial force applied in said certain direction to the other of said buttons that is in axial alignment with said part of said other switch means.