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Integrated portable device for point of sale transactions

  • US 5,489,773 A
  • Filed: 12/08/1994
  • Issued: 02/06/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable device for processing point of sale transactions, the portable device having a plurality of components carried and oriented to facilitate handsfree operation by a user, comprising:

  • housing means for carrying the components, said housing means having an operational orientation relative to the user;

    reader means carried by said housing for reading credit card information;

    scanner means for generating a scanning beam and scanning product identification information with said beam, said scanner means carried by said housing at a location such that when said housing is in said operational orientation said scanner beam is projected substantially away from the eyes of the user; and

    printer means for printing a customer receipt, said printer means carried by said housing at a location such that when said housing is in said operational orientation said printer receipt is visible to the user and said housing is substantially balanced for handsfree operation.

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