Conformable hand mount for a mobile scanner

• US 9,727,769 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2015
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Colavito, Stephen J., Rueblinger, Gregory M., Fitch, Timothy R., Oberpriller, Mark Lee, Saber, Kevin, Dickinson, Chandler
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Thien T
• Application Number:
  US14/972,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20160180133A1
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2007/10534 Scanner to be worn on a finger or on a wrist
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10891 the scanner to be worn on a finger or on a wrist

Abstract

A hand mount for a mobile scanner includes an elongated body having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, a scanner receiving cradle disposed on the upper surface that removably receives a mobile scanner, a scanning end, and an opposite securing end; a hook extends outward from the lower surface of the body, adjacent the scanning end, and bends towards the securing end; and a conformable wrist wrap is positioned adjacent the securing end of the body, with the body being positionable on a back area of a wearer'"'"'s hand whereby the hook is received between a thumb and index finger of the hand and the conformable wrist wrap is wrapped around a wrist area.

Claims

1. A hand mount for a mobile scanner comprising:

an elongated body having

an upper surface,

a lower surface opposite the upper surface,

a scanner receiving cradle disposed on the upper surface that removably receives a mobile scanner,

a scanning end, and

an opposite securing end;

a hook extending outward from the lower surface of the body, adjacent the scanning end, and bending towards the securing end; and

a conformable wrist wrap positioned adjacent the securing end of the body, the body being positionable on a back area of a wearer'"'"'s hand whereby the hook is received between a thumb and index finger of the hand and the conformable wrist wrap is wrapped around a wrist area.

2. The hand mount of claim 1 wherein the cradle comprises a channel extending along a top surface of the body, the mobile scanner being slidably received in the channel.

3. The hand mount of claim 2 wherein the conformable wrist wrap comprises opposing conformable straps extending from opposing sides of the securing end of the body.

4. The hand mount of claim 3 wherein the opposing conformable straps each include a bendable wire core and an elastomeric outer layer.

5. The hand mount of claim 1 wherein the conformable wrist wrap includes a bendable wire core and an elastomeric outer layer.

6. The hand mount of claim 5 wherein the conformable wrist wrap comprises a single continuous loop strap.

7. The hand mount of claim 1 wherein the hook further includes a conformable terminal end.

8. The hand mount of claim 7 wherein the terminal end of the hook includes a bendable wire core and an elastomeric outer layer.

9. The hand mount of claim 8 wherein the conformable wrist wrap comprises opposing conformable straps extending from opposing sides of the securing end of the body.

10. The hand mount of claim 9 wherein the opposing conformable straps each include a bendable wire core and an elastomeric outer layer.

11. The hand mount of claim 7 wherein the conformable wrist wrap comprises opposing conformable straps extending from opposing sides of the securing end of the body.

12. The hand mount of claim 11 wherein the opposing conformable straps each include a bendable wire core and an elastomeric outer layer.

13. The hand mount of claim 1 wherein the conformable wrist wrap comprises a single continuous loop strap.

14. The hand mount of claim 1 wherein the conformable wrist wrap comprises opposing conformable straps extending from opposing sides of the securing end of the body.

15. The hand mount of claim 14 wherein the opposing conformable straps each include a bendable wire core and an elastomeric outer layer.

16. The hand mount of claim 1 wherein the conformable wrist wrap comprising a single conformable strap which slidably extends through a strap receiving passageway extending transversely through the body.

17. The hand mount of claim 16 wherein the conformable strap includes a bendable wire core and an elastomeric outer layer.

18. A hand mount for a mobile scanner comprising:

an elongated body having

an upper surface,

a lower surface positioned opposite the upper surface

a scanner receiving channel that slidably receives a mobile scanner,

a scanning end, and

a securing end positioned opposite the scanning end;

a hook positioned on the lower surface of the body adjacent to the scanning end, the hook extending outward from the lower surface and bending towards the securing end, and having a conformable terminal end;

a conformable wrist wrap positioned adjacent to the securing end of the body, and having opposing conformable straps extending outwardly from opposing sides of the securing end of the body;

the terminal ends of the hook and the opposing conformable straps each including a bendable wire core and an overmolded elastomeric outer layer; and

the body being positionable on a back area of a wearer'"'"'s hand whereby the hook is conformably received over and around a web extending between a thumb and index finger of the hand and the opposing straps are conformably wrapped around a wrist area of the hand.