PLEASE HELP! Problem getting stand back into the display.

Hello! I have an Apple Cinema Display and we had to remove the stand for transport when moving. Long story, doesn't matter. Anyway! We removed the stand, no problem. I slipped a credit card in, click, the hinge came out and we unscrewed it, all good.

I went to put the stand back on, and the hinge is back inside the monitor. Must have happened while in transport. I cannot seem to get it back out. I've tried a card at a 45 degree angle while using a siding removal tool to lift the hinge from the center button and it will only come up flush, not come all the way out, AND it requires a fair amount of pull to get it to come that far. Not enough to break anything, but a bit of force.

Everything I've read said that I should be able to insert a card bent with a 45° angle and just hit the little latch and bring the hinge out again but I just cannot seem to make it work. Wondering if the community has any ideas. My last ditch would be to actually remove the glass and take apart the monitor to release the hinge and I don't wanna have to go through all that if possible.

I uploaded a video that shows what I mean here: https://youtube.com/shorts/Jt1xTgI1XdY?f...

Thanks for any help!
Daniel