US 5,349,497 A · Detachable handle structures for terminals

Abstract

A terminal for receiving and storing information and a reader for reading information and communicating the information to the terminal. A housing is provided which has the terminal and reader integrated therein and also a battery for providing necessary power thereto. A detachable handle can be attached to the housing and includes sides which extend around the sides of the housing as well as partially extending over the top of the housing. An improved mechanism is shown for selectively locking a handle to a terminal. A holster for holding the terminal and handle is also shown. A handle with a scanner integrated therein is attachable to a terminal for receiving and storing information read by the scanner.

Claims17

Dependent claims

Apparatus comprising:

terminal means for receiving and storing information;
reader means for reading information and communicating said information to said terminal means;
battery means for providing power to said terminal means and reader means;
housing means for encasing said terminal means, said reader means and said battery means;
handle means for being selectively and operatively attached to or detached from said housing at one end of said handle means;
and
Wherein said handle means includes a first side connected to said handle means and a second side connected to said handle means, said first side including a first flange connected to said first side and partially extending over the top of said housing means, and said second side including a second flange connected to said second side and partially extending over the top of said housing means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

07/956,730Filed 5 Oct 1992 · continuation in part

Priority

7 Jun 1989

Granted

20 Sep 1994

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification51 codes

H04L 1/0032
Characterised by the signalling: without explicit signalling
B60R 11/02
Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for: for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement…
B60R 11/0241
For radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof: for telephones
G06F 1/1626
For portable computers: with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]

Family

Serial364,594Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 7 Jun 1989

Serial364,902Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Jun 1989

Serial633,500Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 26 Dec 1990

Serial660,615Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 25 Feb 1991

Serial674,756Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 25 Mar 1991

Serial744,813Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 12 Aug 1991

Serial812,767Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 23 Dec 1991

Serial816,705Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 2 Jan 1992

Serial877,625Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 1 May 1992

Serial922,843Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 Jul 1992

Serial950,261Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 23 Sep 1992

US 5,218,187 AParent of this continuation-in-part

US 5,202,817 AParent of this continuation-in-part

US 5,349,497 AThis patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Detachable handle structures for terminals

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Detachable handle structures for terminals

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Claims17