Button switch
AssigneeLoreTech, Ltd.
InventorGlenn E. Gehr
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Abstract
The invention includes a switch designed for use in adverse conditions such as for use with physically challenged persons. The switch can include a housing comprising top and bottom housings. The top and bottom housing each have a mating surface which guide the top and bottom housing during activation of the switch while permitting an activation force applied from various directions to activate an electrical switch located within the housing. The switch can include a flange type seal member for resisting entrance of contaminants into the housing and can include a ring member for attaching the switch to a user's body for easy manipulation of the switch. In addition, the switch is designed to be quickly and easily fit together during assembly and therefore easily manufactured.
Claims16
A switch, comprising:
- a top housing having a top mating surface;
- a bottom housing having a bottom mating surface adapted to cooperate with the top mating surface such that activation forces applied to the top housing are evenly transmitted to the bottom housing;
- a ring member located adjacent to the bottom housing and configured to be attached to a user's body;
- a spring mechanism disposed between the top housing and the bottom housing;
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- an electrical switch located between the top housing and the bottom housing.
A switch, comprising:
- a top housing and a bottom housing movably connected to each other;
- an electrical switch located between the top housing and the bottom housing and activatable by movement of the top housing relative to the bottom housing;
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- a ring member located adjacent the bottom housing and configured to be attachable to a user's body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.