Patent ID: 6626362
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A single piece protective cover for protecting a hand-held bar code reading device, said device having a housing defined by a front surface, a rear surface, two side surfaces and top and bottom end surfaces, said device including a connector at one of said end surfaces, an optical reader integrated inside said device and positioned on a second end surface opposite said connector, and a display and operating buttons on said front surface, said protective cover being separable from said device housing as a single unit and comprising a shell of resilient material, having a generally closed rear wall, side walls and top and bottom walls interiorly conforming to the corresponding surfaces of said device housing and a front wall having an opening allowing access to said operating buttons and viewing of said display, said front wall further having a peripheral portion substantially surrounding said opening and forming an interior recess for receiving said side, top and bottom surfaces of said device housing and for enclosing said side, top and bottom surfaces of said device housing, said peripheral portion being integral with said side walls and extending over substantially all peripheral edges of said front surface, said rear wall being integrally formed with the side walls and top and bottom walls and said rear wall covering a substantial portion of the rear surface of said device housing, and one of said top and bottom wails having an opening to allow use of said optical reader.