SAFETY SWITCH FOR SNOWMOBILES AND THE LIKE HAVING FLEXIBLE OPERATING PART DETACHABLE FROM SWITCH HOUSING BY CORD

• US 3,821,504 A
• Filed: 04/05/1971
• Issued: 06/28/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Schomaker K, Shontz H
• Original Assignee: Schomaker K, Shontz H
• Inventors: SCHOMAKER K, SHONTZ H
• Application Number:
  US05/130,958
• Time in Patent Office: 1,180 Days
• US Class Current: 200/52.00R
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/04 responsive to presence or absence of the driver, e.g. to weight or lack thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 27/00 Switches operated by a removable member, e.g. key, plug or plate; Switches operated by setting members according to a single predetermined combination out of several possible settings combined with plug-and-socket connectors H01R13/70; with current-carrying plug H01R31/08

Abstract

AN INTERLOCKING SAFETY DEVICE FOR USE IN THE OPERATING CIRCUIT OF MACHINERY SUCH AS A SNOWMOBILE OR SIMILAR EQUIPMENT. THE DEVICE INCLUDES SEPARABLE COUPLING MEMBERS, ONE OF WHICH IS A BALL-SHAPED ELEMENT AND THE OTHER A SOCKET-SHAPED ELEMENT WHICH MUST BE INTERFITTED FOR OPERATION OF THE MACHINERY. ONE OF THE COUPLING MEMBERS IS DESIGNED TO BE FASTENED TO THE OPERATOR OF THE EQUIPMENT. UPON SEPARATION OF THE COUPLING ELEMENTS THE POWER SOURCE FOR THE EQUIPMENT IS IMMEDIATELY STOPPED.

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