Patent ID: 6924430

Claim:
In an actuating element for inserting and removing a flat module ( 2 ) by leverage, having an end element ( 1 ) prepared for connection with a flat module ( 2 ), and an actuating lever ( 4 ) rotatably seated on the end element ( 1 ) and having a handle element ( 5 ), a locking element ( 6 ) which can be adjusted between at least two switched positions (A, B) and which in a first switched position (A) maintains the actuating lever ( 4 ) in a first position which corresponds to a levered-in state of the flat module ( 2 ) and which releases the actuating lever ( 4 ) in a second switched position (B), the improvement comprising: the actuating element having a positioning element ( 25 ) actuated in the first switched position (A) of the locking element ( 6 ), and the locking element ( 6 ) displaceable into a third switched position (C) in which the actuating lever ( 4 ) is maintained in the first position corresponding to a levered-in state of the flat module ( 2 ) and in which the positioning element ( 25 ) is relieved.