US Patent Issued to Cardtronics USA on April 21 for "Self-service terminal with cash trap device prevention" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,006, issued on April 21, was assigned to Cardtronics USA Inc. (Atlanta).

"Self-service terminal with cash trap device prevention" was invented by Kevan Douglas Johnston (Scotland, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal includes a shutter that is configured to cover a media dispenser slot in a closed position and to provide access to the media dispenser slot in an open position. The shutter may have at least a part thereof that is transparent with a display mounted between the shutter and the media dispenser slot that is viewable through the transparent part. The shutter may have a touch sensor mounted on an outer su...