ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,958, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Barcode reader and scale assembly" 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: "An example bioptic barcode reader assembly includes a barcode reader, a metal frame secured to a housing of the barcode reader, and a scale assembly positioned between the barcode reader and the metal frame. The scale assembly has a load cell, a stationary frame secured to the metal frame and fixedly mounted on a first end of the load cell, a movable l...