Connector for a bar code scanner

A method of constructing a contact assembly for a bar code scanner connector, comprising:

• retaining a wire assembly in a wire support member, the wire assembly including a tab end connecting a plurality of wires together;
• breaking off the tab end
• bending one of the plurality of wires radially outward from the wire support member;
• and
• placing a scanner casing over the wire support member such that the scanner casing contacts the wire that was bent up.

A method of constructing a contact assembly for a bar code scanner connector, comprising:

• retaining a wire assembly in a wire support member, the wire assembly including a tab end connecting a plurality of wires together;
• breaking off the tab end;
• forming a plurality of slots in one end of a scanner chassis of the bar code scanner;
• bending one end of each of the plurality of wires;
• and inserting the bent ends into the slots.