Patent ID: 8393613

Claim:
A media level indicator for mounting in a printer, the printer including a housing and a media container for containing a media stack, the media level indicator comprising: a media detecting assembly comprising: a shaft rotatably engaged with the housing; a detecting arm fixed to the shaft, the detecting arm configured for abutting the top of the media stack, and rotating with and about the shaft in response to the level status of the media stack; and a driving arm fixed to the shaft and configured for rotating with the shaft; and a level indicating assembly comprising: a lever having a first end articulated with the driving arm, an intermediate pivot portion pivotedly fixed to the housing, and an opposing second end; and a horizontally oriented media level indicating bar, the media level indicating bar mechanically coupled to the second end of the lever, the lever configured for being driven by the driving arm to rotate about the intermediate pivot portion thereby causing the media level indicating bar to be moved jointly with the second end of the lever in a substantially vertical direction to indicate the media level status.