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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
Toast, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Gaurav Nakhare, Boston, MA (US);
Boon Ping Ng, Andover, MA (US);
TOAST, INC., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A handheld point-of-sale (POS) terminal) is provided that has a housing, a touchscreen display on a face of the housing, and a credit card reader that is configurable for use disposed within the housing, the credit card reader including a first assembly comprising a mag stripe card reader and a second assembly comprising a Europay Mastercard Visa (EMV) reader, where the second assembly is coupled to the first assembly. The first assembly rotates about an axis perpendicular to a plane in which the assemblies are disposed to one of a plurality of angular positions, the plurality of angular positions indicating an offset angle of the first assembly relative to the second assembly, where the credit card reader is disposed within the housing in the one of the plurality of positions, and where the housing is configured to allow for access to credit card insertion points on the credit card reader.