US 9,058,727 B2Granted

Cash drawer

AssigneeSquare, Inc.

InventorsTroy Edwards, Lukas Skoog, Amish Babu, Jesse Dorogusker, David Craig

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Abstract

A point-of-sale system includes a stand that supports a tablet computer. The tablet computer can be connected through a hub to other peripheral components, such as a cash drawer. The cash drawer can include a slidable drawer including a front face, a back face, a first side face, a second side face, and a bottom face and having sliding rails that are hidden from a top view of the drawer. An inner shell is attached to the drawer and two sliding rails, the two sliding rails positioned under the inner shell. Further, a latch is movable between a first position in which the latch holds the drawer in a closed position and a second position in which the latch releases the drawer to an open position. An actuator is used to move the latch between the first and second positions.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A cash drawer for a point of sale system, comprising:

a slidable drawer including a front face, a back face, a first side face, a second side face, and a bottom face, an inner shell attached to the first side face, the second side face, the front face, the back face, and the bottom face, and two sliding rails, the two sliding rails positioned under the inner shell and extending parallel to the first and second side faces;
a drawer enclosure having two rail supports to slidably support the two sliding rails such that the drawer is slidable between a closed position and an open position;
a latch movable between a first position in which the latch holds the slidable drawer in the closed position and a second position in which the latch releases the slidable drawer to the open position;
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an actuator configured to move the latch from the first position to the second position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/798,636Filed 13 Mar 2013 · us provisional application
Priority: 18 Apr 2012
Published: US 2013/0278122 A124 Oct 2013
Granted: 16 Jun 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

G06Q 20/204
Point-of-sale [POS] network systems: comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
E05B 65/461
For drawers: for cash drawers
G06F 1/1632
For portable computers: external expansion units, e.g. docking stations
G06K 7/01
Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns: details