Electric circuit actuating mechanism

Mechanism for actuating an electric circuit comprising, in combination:

• a housing;
• a front wall having a broad surface;
• means for movably mounting the front wall relative to the housing in an actuation direction from a normal position to an actuation position, with the front wall being biased from the actuation position to the normal position;
• at least a first switch mounted to the housing;
• an actuation member movably mounted relative to the housing between a rest position and a de-energizing position, with the actuation member being biased to move from its de-energizing position to its rest position, with the actuation member being in operative relation to de-energize the electric circuit when the actuation member is moved from the rest position to the de-energizing position;
• and means in operative relation to the actuation member and the front wall for moving the actuation member from the rest position towards the de-energizing position when the front wall moves in the actuation direction from the normal position to the actuation position, with the energizing of the electric circuit not occurring as the result of the movement of the front wall.