Stylus feature for handheld barcode scanner
AssigneeZebra Technologies Corporation
InventorsDino Ottavio Gregorich, Samuel A. I. Lippert, Garrett R. Woodford
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Abstract
A handheld barcode reader includes a reader enclosure constructed from a dielectric material and a screen engaging member operatively coupled with the reader enclosure. The reader enclosure includes a nose portion and a handle portion coupled with the nose portion and is adapted to accommodate a user's hand. The screen engaging member is constructed from a conductive material and includes an extension member coupled with the nose portion of the reader enclosure and at least one arm member extending from the nose portion of the reader enclosure to the handle portion of the reader enclosure.
Claims8
A handheld barcode reader comprising:
- a barcode reader enclosure constructed from a dielectric material, the barcode reader enclosure including a nose portion and a handle portion coupled with the nose portion and being adapted to accommodate a user's hand;
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- a screen engaging member operatively coupled with the barcode reader enclosure, the screen engaging member constructed from a conductive material and including an extension member coupled with the nose portion of the barcode reader enclosure and at least one arm member extending from the nose portion of the barcode reader enclosure to the handle portion of the barcode reader enclosure,
- wherein the conductive material continuously extends from the extension member to the arm member, and
- wherein the screen engaging member is adapted to establish an electrically communicative link via the conductive material between a user's hand, when contacting the arm member, and the extension member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.