Patent ID: 7264159

Claim:
Data entry terminal with manual validation, comprising at least a left lateral side and a right lateral side, a front wall and a back wall, an upper face and a lower face, said upper face consisting of a first portion and a second portion, said terminal further comprising means for reading a portable data support, means for manual validation of the data, said means for manual validation of the data being confined in said first portion of the upper face of the terminal, and a cover being pivotally mounted around a pivot axis between a first position and a second position, said first position being a position for protecting the means of validation from being seen by an unauthorised user and said second position being a closed position, said cover comprising at least a first and a second lateral side having each an internal and an external face, said cover further having a front wall having a first and a second edge, said first edge being substantially at the same level as the upper face of the terminal when the cover in said second position and the second edge being substantially at the same level as the lower face of the terminal when the cover is in the second position, said internal face of the first and of the second lateral side having each first engaging means provided to be each engaged in second corresponding engaging means being disposed each on said left and said right lateral side of said terminal, both first and both second engaging means being provided to be aligned together according said pivot axis to allow a mutual rotation around said pivot axis of the cover and of the terminal, characterised in that said cover is provided to rotate with an angle according to one of (a), (b), and (c): (a) more than 90°, (b) more than 145°, (c) around 180°, when rotating from said second position to be in said first position so that the first edge of the front wall is provided to be positioned above said second portion.