The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
First Data Corporation, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
John Beatty, Mountain View, CA (US);
Leonard Speiser, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric Fuhs, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Lyons, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chris Loew, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott McKinley DeWinter, Oakland, CA (US);
Justin Michael Beck, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Todd Elliot Lewis, Corvallis, OR (US);
FIRST DATA CORPORATION, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Abstract
A docking assembly for a handheld device comprising a handle and associated methods are disclosed herein. The docking assembly may include a base, a tube extending from the base, and a dock cup in rotatable communication with the tube. The dock cup may be configured to mate with the handle. The docking assembly also may include an electrical connection assembly configured to mate with the handle when the handle is positioned within the dock cup. Moreover, the docking assembly may include a first locking assembly configured to lock the handle in the dock cup to prevent the handle from being removed from the dock cup, and a second locking assembly configured to lock the orientation of the dock cup to prevent rotation of the dock cup.