Patent ID: 7294004

Claim:
A release trigger for a module retained in a receptacle, the release trigger comprising: a mounting bridge, upstanding from a lateral trigger mount surface on the module located outside of the receptacle when a securement tang on the module is captured in a securement recess in a resilient catch on the receptacle, the trigger mount surface and the interior of the mounting bridge at each edge thereof defining openings at opposite ends of a guide passageway beneath the mounting bridge oriented toward the securement tang; and an actuator slidably disposed in the guide passageway and being capable of engaging in reciprocating movement in alignment with the securement tang, the actuator comprising: (i) an actuator body substantially filling the guide passageway during movement of the actuator; and (ii) a catch deflector projecting from the actuator body toward the securement tang in alignment with the guide passageway, the catch deflector having a free end remote from the actuator body being so configured as to release the securement tang from the securement recess by displacing the catch away from the module and out of the latching position, when the actuator is caused by an operator of the trigger to move toward the securement tang into a releasing position of the actuator; a centrally disposed footing having a proximal end and a distal end, the catch deflector projecting toward the securement tang from the distal end of the footing in alignment with the guide passageway; a resilient first stabilization leg secured at an end thereof to a first side of the proximal end of the footing, the first stabilization leg extending generally parallel to the footing, thereby to define between the footing and the first stabilization leg a first slot with an open end adjacent the distal end of the footing; and a resilient second stabilization leg secured at an end thereof to a second side of the proximal end of the footing, the second stabilization leg extending generally parallel to the footing, thereby to define between the footing and the second stabilization leg a second slot with an open end adjacent the distal end of the footing.