US 12,437,634 B2
Kick traffic signal switch
Robert Anthony Schatz, Glenville, PA (US); and Michelle Lynn Mills, Hanover, PA (US)
Filed by Robert Anthony Schatz, Glenville, PA (US); and Michelle Lynn Mills, Hanover, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/094,086.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/298,876, filed on Jan. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0222904 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 1/07 (2006.01); G08G 1/005 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/07 (2013.01) [G08G 1/005 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traffic signal switch, comprising:
a housing;
a micro switch connected to the housing via two micro switch dowels, the micro switch including wiring that is configured to be connected to wiring of an existing traffic signal switch;
a pressure plate movably connected to the housing, pressing of the pressure plate by a user causes activation of the micro switch; and
a bottom plate connected to a rear face of the housing,
wherein the pressure plate moves linearly with respect to the housing,
wherein the housing includes a plurality of dowel retention slots,
wherein the traffic signal switch further includes a plurality of dowels being retained in the plurality of dowel retention slots, the plurality of dowels connecting the pressure plate to the housing,
wherein the housing further includes two micro switch dowel retention slots,
wherein the two micro switch dowels are retained in the two micro switch dowel retention slots, and
wherein the pressure plate includes two center slots for allowing movement of the pressure plate with respect to housing while avoiding contact between the micro switch dowels and the pressure plate.