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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2010
Edward Barkan, Miller Place, NY (US);
John Britts, Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Christopher Warren Brock, Manorville, NY (US);
Mark Drzymala, Commack, NY (US);
Edward Barkan, Miller Place, NY (US);
John Britts, Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Christopher Warren Brock, Manorville, NY (US);
Mark Drzymala, Commack, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
A checkout system employs a bi-optical workstation having dual windows and a main reader for electro-optically reading indicia on products to be processed at the workstation through at least one of the windows. The workstation is supported by a countertop and has a raised housing extending upwardly away from the countertop. An auxiliary cordless reader is used for electro-optically reading the indicia in a handheld mode when the main reader is not operated. A cradle bounds a compartment in which the auxiliary cordless reader is removably received when not in the handheld mode. The cradle is supported by the raised housing above and remote from, and out of direct contact with, the countertop to form a zero-footprint therewith.