US Patent Issued to UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE on Feb. 25 for "Mounting device for continuous hands-free scanning" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,388, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington).

"Mounting device for continuous hands-free scanning" was invented by Steven R. Quinn (Arlington, Va.), Han T. Dinh (Falls Church, Va.) and Charles P. McLellan (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanning device mounting apparatus includes a mounting component, which may be magnetic; a hose coupled to the mounting component at a first distal end of the hose; an adjusting component coupled to a second distal end of the hose; and a cradle coupled to the adjusting component. The cradle can hold a scanning device, and the scanning device mounting...