ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,341, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Tri-optic scanner" was invented by Edward Barkan (Miller Place, N.Y.), Darran Michael Handshaw (Sound Beach, N.Y.) and Mark Drzymala (Saint James, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tri-optic scanner may be provided by an indicia reader, including a housing, including a lower housing portion having a first surface defining a first horizontal plane, a horizontal window, an upper housing portion bounded by a first frontal plane and a second horizontal plane, a first distal window, a second distal window, a first imaging assembly having a first im...