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Mobile device with handle

The present invention generally relates to mobile devices with handles.

Mobile devices often include a handle which allows a user to hold, pickup or manipulate the devices. A conventional mobile device may have a long “gun” style handle which makes the conventional device unwieldy. For example, the handle may cause the user to experience difficulty in taking the conventional device out of a holster or reaching into small spaces. In addition, if the conventional device is dropped, the size of the handle increases a likelihood that the conventional device is damaged.

FIG. 1 shows a conventional mobile unit (“MU”) 100. The MU 100 (e.g., a barcode scanner) may include a housing 110 and a handle 120. The MU 100 is activated by engaging a trigger 130 disposed within the handle 120. The handle 120 may extend vertically past a surface of the user's hand when the MU 100 is held in a gun-like manner. In addition, the handle 120 may be integral with the housing 110. That is, the handle 120 and the housing 110 may be formed (e.g., molded) as a single piece comprising a portion (e.g., a left/right half) of the MU 100.

The present invention relates to a handle for a mobile device. The handle comprises a housing coupled to the mobile device, a surface of the housing being contoured to substantially conform to a natural curvature of a hand of the user. The handle further comprises a perch coupled to the housing and extending substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the housing.

The present invention also relates to a mobile device comprising a first housing and a handle. The handle includes a second housing and a perch, the second housing being coupled to the first housing, the perch extending substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the second housing, a surface of the second housing being contoured to conform to a natural curvature of a hand of a user.

FIG. 1 shows a conventional mobile device;

FIG. 2A is an exemplary embodiment of a mobile device according to the present invention;

FIG. 2B is an exemplary embodiment of the mobile device of FIG. 2A when placed in a resting position;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary embodiment of a handle according to the present invention;

FIG. 4A is another exemplary embodiment of a handle according to the present invention; and

FIG. 4B is an exemplary embodiment of the handle of FIG. 4A when coupled to an extension handle.

The present invention may be further understood with reference to the following description and the appended drawings, wherein like elements are provided with the same reference numerals. The present invention relates to mobile devices (e.g., MUs) with handles. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to an MU with a barcode scanner, however those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention may be implemented with any type of MU which utilizes a handle, such as an RFID reader, an image-/laser-based scanner, a mobile terminal, etc.