Tool for use with rigid cards

Claim 1

A TOOL FOR MANIPULATING AN APERTURED PLATE-LIKE CIRCUIT CARD WHICH IS NORMALLY SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN AN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, INCLUDING A FIRST STRUCTURE HAVING AN ELONGATED HANDLE PORTION AND A PAIR OF LEGS CONNECTED TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE HANDLE PORTION AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID HANDLE, SAID LEGS BEING SPACED FROM AND PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND FORMING AN OPEN-ENDED U WITH SAID HANDLE; A SECOND STRUCTURE EXTENDING BETWEEN THE LEGS OF SAID FIRST STRUCTURE IN A COMMON PLANE WITH SAID FIRST STRUCTURE AND HAVING A FORWARD PORTION EXTENDING TOWARD SAID OPEN END OF SAID U AND HAVING TWO END PORTIONS, EACH OF SAID END PORTIONS BEING SLIDABLY SUPPORTED BY ONE OF SAID LEGS OF SAID FIRST STRUCTURE, SAID SECOND STRUCTURE HAVING FREE-ENDED PINS EXTENDING IN THE SAME DIRECTION FROM SAID FORWARD PORTION NORMAL TO SAID COMMON PLANE; AND SPRING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRUCTURES FOR URGING SAID SECOND STRUCTURE IN SAID FORWARD DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST STRUCTURE INTO A NEUTRAL POSITION, WHEREBY THE LEGS OF THE OPENENDED U MAY BE PLACED AGAINST SAID APPARATUS TO STRADDLE A CIRCUIT CARD AND THE PINS OF THE SECOND STRUCTURE ENGAGED IN CARD APERTURES, AND THEREAFTER THE HANDLE OF THE FIRST STRUCTURE AND THE SECOND STRUCTURE MAY BE MANUALLY GRIPPED AND DRAWN TOGETHER TO PULL THE SECOND STRUCTURE AND CARD IN A REARWARD DIRECTION FROM SAID APPARATUS.