A mechanical load bearing indicator producing signals to a user when the
user applies more than selected amounts of load between an extremity of
the use and a surface. The indicator has a base plate adapted to
establish a frame of reference with the surface, a load plate mounted for
movement toward and away from the base plate and adapted to receive loads
from the user's extremity, and at least two snap domes mechanically
engaged between the base plate and the load plate for generating two
signals when more than two different respective loads are applied to the
load plate by the extremity. The domes are either in series between the
plates or are together in a dual dome containing both, or are one or more
stacks of domes which individually collapse under incremental loads which
are added together to form the selected lower and higher loads.