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Grip held and grip operable data entry device

  • US 5,925,873 A
  • Filed: 03/24/1997
  • Issued: 07/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable, hand-held device for data collection by an operator, comprising:

  • a housing having a top and a bottom, a first side having a grasping portion and a second side extending between a front and a rear and said top and bottom;

    a housing extension extending outwardly from the first side of the housing and between the top and bottom and having said front located beneath the top of the housing and lying along and beyond the grasping portion of said housing whereby the hand-held device is adapted to be grasped by the operators hand with the operators thumb extending along a grasping portion of the first side of the housing, the operators second finger engaging the second side, opposite said first side, such that the operators thumb and second finger secure the hand-held device against sideways movement, whereby the operators hand acts against the rear of the hand-held device, and the operators thumb acts on the front of the housing extension when the device is received in the operator'"'"'s left hand such that the operator'"'"'s hand and thumb secure the hand-held unit against movement toward and away from the users hand; and

    said front of the housing extension communicating with the first side of the housing intermediate the front and rear of said housing.

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