Battery support for a scanning device

A scanning device comprising:

• a casing comprising a head portion and a handle portion, wherein an interior of the handle portion is configured to releasably retain a removable battery to provide electric power to the scanning device;
• an indicia scanning engine carried within an interior of the head portion to scan an indicia carried on a surface of a label;
• and
• a battery support formed as a separate structure from the casing, the battery support comprising:
• a separator plate having, a top surface and a bottom surface and configured to separate the interior of a head portion from an interior of the handle portion when installed within the casing at a location where a first end of the handle portion connects to the head portion;
• and
• multiple elongate battery guides that extend from the bottom surface of the separator plate and into the interior of the handle portion when the separated plate is installed within the casing, wherein:
• the multiple elongate battery guides engage a removable battery as the removable battery is inserted into a second end of the handle portion opposite the first end to guide a mating connector of the removable battery towards engagement with a battery connector of the scanning device within the interior of the handle portion;
• and
• the multiple battery guides continue to engage the removable battery while the battery connector engages the mating connector, the multiple battery guides configured to prevent exertions of physical stress on the battery connector through the mating connector by the removable battery.