Lockable storage cradle for battery-operated electronic device
First Claim
1. An electronic device assembly, comprising:
- a) a portable housing having a front portion and a back portion as considered from the vantage point of a user when the device is in use, said housing having two end portions and an opening in said back portion thereof at the other of said end portions of said housing, and an adjacently situated detaining wall;
b) a cradle having a compartment for receiving said back portion of said housing, said cradle having a supporting surface serving as an abutment for one of said end portions of said housing when said back portion of said housing is received in said compartment in a rest position relative to said cradle; and
c) means for holding said housing in position relative to said cradle when said back portion thereof is received in said compartment, said holding means including a hook-shaped projection on said cradle that passes through said opening and engages behind said detaining wall in said rest position of said housing and is elastically yieldable in a predetermined direction out of the path of movement of said detaining wall as said housing is being brought into and out of said rest position thereof relative to said cradle.
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Abstract
A battery-powered device, especially a hand-held, data collection terminal having an electro-optical scanner, includes a main housing, a battery pack separate from the main housing, and a latching mechanism for latching the battery pack in its assembled position on the main housing in which it is partially received in a correspondingly configured receiving recess of the main housing. Electrical circuitry in the device is shut down prior to battery pack removal. During idle periods, the device is supported on a cradle, with a back or handle portion of the device being received in a main compartment of the cradle. The cradle also includes an auxiliary compartment for receiving the battery pack for recharging the same. A hook-shaped projection of the cradle engages behind a detaining wall of the housing and is held in position by a shuttle that, in its locking position, is interposed between such projection and an unyieldable portion of the housing and is locked in place by a padlock passing through aligned openings of the shuttle and of the cradle.
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10 Claims
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1. An electronic device assembly, comprising:
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a) a portable housing having a front portion and a back portion as considered from the vantage point of a user when the device is in use, said housing having two end portions and an opening in said back portion thereof at the other of said end portions of said housing, and an adjacently situated detaining wall; b) a cradle having a compartment for receiving said back portion of said housing, said cradle having a supporting surface serving as an abutment for one of said end portions of said housing when said back portion of said housing is received in said compartment in a rest position relative to said cradle; and c) means for holding said housing in position relative to said cradle when said back portion thereof is received in said compartment, said holding means including a hook-shaped projection on said cradle that passes through said opening and engages behind said detaining wall in said rest position of said housing and is elastically yieldable in a predetermined direction out of the path of movement of said detaining wall as said housing is being brought into and out of said rest position thereof relative to said cradle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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