Panel mounted switching device

Claim 1

A SWITCHING DEVICE AND A BRACKET FOR MOUNTING THE SWITCHING DEVICE TO A PANEL HAVING AN OPENING AT A SWITCHING DEVICE REGION, SAID SWITCHING DEVICE COMPRISING A CASING WITH A GENERALLY PLANAR FRONT WALL HAVING AN OPERATING HANDLE ACCESSIBLE THEREAT, SAID CASING HAVING RECESSES DEFINED THEREIN AT THE OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, AND SAID BRACKET COMPRISING A FRONT PLATE HAVING LATERALLY SPACED PARTS PROJECTING REARWARDLY THEREOF, SAID PARTS HAVING RESILIENT DETENTS EXTENDING INWARDLY THEREOF, SAID FRONT PLATE BEING ADAPTED FOR OVERLYING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PANEL WITH SAID PARTS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING AND ALONG THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CASING IN THE MOUNTED POSITION THEREOF, THE LATTER BEING ADAPTED TO BE RETAINED IN MOUNTED POSITION WITH SAID FRONT WALL ADJACENT THE PANEL AT THE OPENING THEREOF BY THE ENGAGEMENT OF SAID DETENTS IN COMPANION RECESSES OF SAID CASING, THE FRONT WALL OF THE CASING AND THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID FRONT PLATE BEING IN SPACED PARALLEL PLANES SEPARATED BY THE THICKNESS OF THE PANEL WHEN SAID DETENTS ARE RECEIVED IN SAID RECESSES, SAID FRONT PLATE DEFINING A DECORATIVE TRIM PLATE FOR THE SWITCHING DEVICE AND HAVING AN OPENING FOR EXPOSING SAID HANDLE AT THE FRONT OF THE PANEL, THE DETENTS OF ONE OF SAID STAGGERED WITH RESPECT TO THE DETENTS OF THE OTHER PART TO REGISTER WITH CORRESPONDINGLY STAGGERED RECESSES AT THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CASING.