Patent ID: 6975519

Claim:
A mechanism for inserting a circuit board into a rack and extracting the circuit board from the rack, comprising: a pair of levers pivotally coupled to the circuit board, each lever comprising a central arm and a side arm, wherein the central arms are coupled to each other, a pair of first rack-engaging members; and a pair of second rack-engaging members; one of the second rack-engaging members being pivotally coupled to each of the levers, one of the first rack-engaging members being pivotally coupled to each of the second rack-engaging members; wherein the levers are operable to apply a force to the circuit board to insert the circuit board into the rack when the first rack-engaging members are in contact with engaging formations of the rack; and wherein the levers are operable to apply a force to the circuit board to extract the circuit board from the rack when the second rack-engaging members are in contact with engaging formations of the rack.