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Handheld data entry terminal having dual trigger switches

  • US 5,565,671 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1995
  • Issued: 10/15/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A handheld data entry terminal comprising:

  • a housing configured for comfortable gripping by either hand of a user and having front and rear sides;

    means provided on the front housing side for entering and displaying data;

    a strap affixed to the rear housing side for engaging one of the user'"'"'s hands while gripping the housing;

    a pair of switches provided on the rear housing side at spaced locations appropriate for convenient actuation by thumb and forefinger of the gripping hand; and

    conversion means contained in the housing and selectively conditioned by the user to establish either one of the switches as a control switch for controlling types of data characters entered by digital actuation of the entering and displaying means using the user'"'"'s free hand.

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