Patent ID: 7048192

Claim:
A wireless bar code symbol reading system for use in both vertical and horizontal orientations in a work environment, said system comprising: (A) a wireless hand-supportable bar code symbol reading device in two-way RF communication with a base station operably connected to a host system, by way of an RF-based wireless data communication link over which two-way communication of data packets can occur, said wireless hand-supportable bar code reading device including a hand-supportable housing; and (B) said base station installable within a work environment and including a base station housing having a cradle portion provided with a pair of hinged support hooks for supporting said hand-supportable housing of said reading device in both vertical and horizontal orientations in said work environment; wherein said pair of hinged support hooks are arrangeable in a protracted position within said cradle portion so as to support said hand-supportable housing in said cradle portion mounted in a vertical orientation in said work environment; and wherein said pair of hinged support hooks are arrangeable in a retracted position within said cradle portion so as to suppose said hand-supportable housing in said cradle portion mounted in a horizontal orientation in said work environment.