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A latching lever for use with a printed circuit board and being of a width similar to that of a faceplate for the PCB, includes an actuating member and a hooked portion projecting therefrom. The actuating member is flexibly hinged to a body portion of the latching lever by a hinge formation which in

A latching lever for use with a printed circuit board and being of a width similar to that of a faceplate for the PCB, includes an actuating member and a hooked portion projecting therefrom. The actuating member is flexibly hinged to a body portion of the latching lever by a hinge formation which includes a thick section located in a plane of the hooked portion for defining a preferred resilience of the hinge, and a thinner section away from the thick section for stabilizing the actuating member in relation to the body portion. A stud carried by the PCB is engaged by the hooked portion to latch the lever. The hooked portion is disengaged from the stud by moving the actuating member thereby freeing the lever to rotate about its pivot point. A portion of the body remote from the actuating member and extending beyond the pivot point includes a stop formation for contacting an edge of the PCB to prevent unnecessarily extreme rotation.

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A latching lever for use with an object for aiding the entry of said object into a mating apparatus, for securing said object in said mating apparatus, and for aiding the removal of said object from said mating apparatus, the latching lever including a body portion for pivotal connection to said obj

A latching lever for use with an object for aiding the entry of said object into a mating apparatus, for securing said object in said mating apparatus, and for aiding the removal of said object from said mating apparatus, the latching lever including a body portion for pivotal connection to said object, about a pivot point, an actuation member being connected by a resilient hinge to the body portion remote from the pivot point and a hooked portion solidly connected to and protruding from the actuation member for engaging a projection attached to said object, the actuation member being for moving the hooked portion relative to the body portion so as to selectively disengage said hooked portion from said projection, the latching lever being characterized in that the resilient hinge comprises: a first section near the hooked portion and a second section being thinner and more flexible than the first section.