Patent 8186597 was granted and assigned to Hand Held Products on May, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An indicia reading system including: a hand held indicia reader for reading information bearing indicia; a cradle having a first magnetic attachment device disposed in the cradle arm for removably holding the indicia reader; a second attachment device disposed on the indicia reader to removably attach the indicia reader to the first magnetic attachment device.