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Hand-held data capture system with interchangeable modules

  • US 5,202,817 A
  • Filed: 12/26/1990
  • Issued: 04/13/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A modular hand-held data collection terminal unit comprising:

  • a base module selected as a preferred one of a plurality of base modules;

    a keyboard module selected as a preferred one of a plurality of functionally different keyboard modules and including differently configured keys available for assembly into said terminal unit;

    a display screen module attached to one end of the selected keyboard, said display screen module being selectable from either a first display screen module type or a second display screen module type, said first and second display screen module types being interchangeable with the selected keyboard module, said first display screen module type being as wide as the width of the selected base module, said second display screen module type being wider than the width of the selected base module of the terminal unit and extending beyond at least one side of the lateral confines of the selected base module of said terminal unit when said second display type is connected to the selected keyboard, said base module being assembled with the selected keyboard module including a display screen module of said second display screen module type.

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