Patent ID: 6866197

Claim:
An optical scanner comprising: a scanner housing; a first self-contained optics assembly including a first housing within the scanner housing including a horizontal aperture, wherein the first optics assembly generates first scan lines for scanning a bottom side, and further scanning an operator side, a leading side, and a trailing side of an item; and a second self-contained optics assembly including a second housing within the scanner housing including a substantially vertical aperture, wherein the second optics assembly generates second scan lines for scanning a customer side, and further scanning the leading side, the trailing side, and a top side of the item; wherein the first and second self-contained optics assemblies include a plurality of primary pattern mirrors for directing first scanning light beams through the horizontal and vertical apertures to create first groups of the first and second scan lines; and a plurality of secondary pattern mirrors for reflecting second scanning light beams from the primary pattern mirrors through the horizontal and vertical apertures to create second groups of the first and second scan lines.