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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Douglas Mark Zatezalo, Allison Park, PA (US);
Mark Bradford Mellott, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ryan Anthony Zoschg, Oakmont, PA (US);
Michael Davis, White Oak, PA (US);
Nicholas Barnes, London, GB;
Graham Keith Lacy, London, GB;
Ian Heseltine, London, GB;
Douglas Mark Zatezalo, Allison Park, PA (US);
Mark Bradford Mellott, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ryan Anthony Zoschg, Oakmont, PA (US);
Michael Davis, White Oak, PA (US);
Nicholas Barnes, London, GB;
Graham Keith Lacy, London, GB;
Ian Heseltine, London, GB;
Vocollect, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A wearable, mobile and/or portable terminal for use in an inventory management system. The terminal includes a terminal housing, a battery pack removably receivable within an external battery-receiving cavity of the terminal housing, and a battery latching mechanism that secures the battery pack in the battery-receiving cavity in a latched condition. The battery pack has an unlatched condition in which the battery latch mechanism is disengaged from the battery pack. A camming surface of the battery latching mechanism lifts the unlatched battery pack from the battery-receiving cavity to promote its removal from the terminal housing. The terminal housing is sealed relative to the environment surrounding the wearable terminal battery pack and yet permits electrical coupling between the battery pack and the terminal in the latched condition.