ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,586, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Bi-optic indicia reader with improved weigh platter" was invented by Edward Barkan (Miller Place, N.Y.) and Darran Michael Handshaw (Sound Beach, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least some embodiments of the present invention are directed to weigh platters for use with in-counter indicia readers. In an embodiment the present invention is a weigh platter for use with a indicia reader having a housing with a lower housing portion with an upper surface facing a product scanning region and an upper housing portion extending above the lower hous...