Patent ID: 8403208

Claim:
A financial transaction terminal for inputting personal information of a customer for use with a bankcard transaction, the transaction terminal, comprising: a. an input device with opposing sides and a face that includes a keypad, for selectively inputting the personal identification information incident to use of the bankcard by the customer; b. the input device is portable and movable to be positioned in a location that is easily accessible to the customer; c. a privacy shield that is positioned adjacent to and near the keypad on the input device itself, the privacy shield allows for an unobstructed view of top of the keypad to the customer, without an intervening surface between the customer and the keypad, while inhibiting others from viewing personal information as it is being entered into the keypad by the customer; d. the shield has at least two generally vertical members that only extend away from the face of the input device, the vertical members shield view of the keypad from the sides of the input device.