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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Poynt Co., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Osama Bedier, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ray Tanaka, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Hernandez, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Poynt Co., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G11B 5/105 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/087 (2013.01); G06K 7/00 (2013.01); G06K 7/0021 (2013.01); G06K 7/08 (2013.01); G11B 5/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A low-profile card reader, including: a carriage; a single support arm including a first end statically mounted to the carriage, a second end, free from the carriage, a body tapering from the second end toward the first end, wherein the body is free from the carriage, such that the support arm freely deflects along a support arm length relative to the carriage, and a set of strengthening channels extending along the support arm length; and a magnetic reading head statically connected to the second end of the support arm.