Board level shield (BLS) frames including pickup members with pickup areas rotatable in place when drawn

A shielding apparatus comprising:

• a frame including a plurality of sidewalls configured for installation to a substrate about one or more components on the substrate;
• and
• a pickup member including a pickup area and a plurality of arms, each arm extending between the pickup area and a corresponding one of the plurality of sidewalls of the frame, the pickup area configured to enable the pickup member to be picked up by pick-and-place equipment;
• wherein an attachment between each said arm and the pickup area is offset by a predetermined distance from a centerline of the pickup area, such that the pickup area is rotatable in place in an X-Y plane and simultaneously movable in a Z direction relatively away from upper surfaces of the sidewalls of the frame while the pickup area remains centered relative to a center of a perimeter defined by the sidewalls;
• wherein each arm of the plurality of arms narrows to a smaller width at a location of attachment to the pickup area;
• and
• wherein the attachment of each arm to the pickup area has a smallest width as compared to the width of the corresponding arm.