Patent ID: 7408788

Claim:
A device for insertion and removal of a circuit board into a mating connector, said connector positioned within a housing, said device comprising: a first end for pivotal engagement with said circuit board, said first end also adapted to mate with a front surface of said housing when said circuit board to which said device is pivotally engaged begins to engage said connector; a second end disposed longitudinally from said first end, said second end adapted with a latch having a slot for releasably mating with a protrusion on said circuit board such that when said board is engaged with said connector said second end becomes releasably mated to said protrusion thereby latching said board to said connector wherein said first end and said second end are part of one continuous member of said device; and wherein said slot engages said board protrusion, said slot having a notch for mating with said board protrusion, said notch allowing for over travel of said circuit board during mating of said board into said mating connector while serving to lock said board in said mated relationship with said connector.