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A READILY ATTACHABLE AND DETACHABLE TOOL FOR SECURELY HOLDING A PRINTED CIRCUIT CARD HAVING A LATERALLY SPACED PAIR OF APERTURES ADJACENT OPPOSITE EDGES AND NEAR ONE END THEREOF DURING INSERTION AND EXTRACTION OF SAID CARD IN A RACK SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL, CLOSELY SPACED PRINTED CIRCUIT CARDS, SAID TOOL COMPRISING A SOLID ELONGATED PALM-FITTING HANDLE PORTION HAVING ITS LENGTH SEVERAL TIMES GREATER THAN ITS WIDTH AND A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AND RESILIENTLY DEFLECTABLE FINGERS SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF AND EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID HANDLE PORTION, EACH OF SAID FINGERS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFACE BEAR ONE END THEREOF BRIDGING THE GAP FORMED BY A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID APERTURES AND ADAPTED TO CONTACT THE FLAT SURFACE ON ONE SIDE OF SAID PRINTED CIRCUIT CARD OVER A APPRECIABLE LENGTH OF THE FINGERS AND A PEGLIKE PROTURBERANCE PROJECTING NORMALLY FROM SAID FLAT SURFACE OF EACH OF SAID FINGERS A DISTANCE AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF THE CARD AND IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO THE SURFACE OF THE CARD, SAID PROTUBERANCES BEING OF LESSER CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA THAN THE APERTURES FOR RECEPTION IN A RESPECTIVE ONE OF THE APERTURES IN THE CARD AND BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE CORRESPONDING DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID APERTURES TO PROVIDE A FIRM GRIP OF THE CARD BY THE PROTUBERANCES AGAINST THE WALLS OF THE APERTURES AND SAID FLAT CARD CONTACTING SURFACES OF SAID FINGERS UPON INWARD DEFLECTION AN SUBSEQUENT RELEASE OF THE FINGERS FOR INSERTION OF THE PROTUBERANCES IN THE APERTURES IN THE CARD.