Patent ID: 7322848
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: F21V,H01R

Abstract:
1. A paperless picking system, comprising: multiple bays of product supports; operator interface devices at said multiple bays, said operator interface devices comprising at least one chosen from data displays and pick confirmation input devices; a picking data management computer system receiving data from said pick confirmation input devices and providing data to said data displays; a plurality of mounting rails, each mounted at one of said product supports at one of said multiple bays, said mounting rails supporting at least one data line; each of said operator interface devices comprising a housing that is removably supported by one of said mounting rails, wherein electrical connection being established between said operator interface devices and said at least one data line as a result of said housing being supported by one of said mounting rails; and wherein said at least one data line provides data exchange between said data management computer system and said operator interface devices throughout a range of physical locations of said operator interface devices on said mounting rails and wherein the paperless picking system is configured by manually removing said operator interface devices from said mounting rails at particular physical locations and supporting said operator interface devices with said mounting rails at other physical locations.