US 12,469,369 B2
Point-of-sale system with multiple shrouds
Laura Abbott Lynch, Charlotte, NC (US); Daniel C. Symons, Waxhaw, NC (US); Steven R. Maitin, Waxhaw, NC (US); and Joshua Abdollahzadeh, Denver, NC (US)
Assigned to InVue Security Products Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by InVue Security Products Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/210,718.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/441,492, filed on Jan. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/353,113, filed on Jun. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410613 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G07G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07G 1/0018 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A point of sale system comprising:
a portable electronic device;
a first shroud configured to be removably coupled to the portable electronic device;
a point of sale device configured to communicate with the portable electronic device;
a second shroud configured to be removably coupled to the point of sale device;
an accessory device configured to communicate with the portable electronic device; and
a third shroud configured to be coupled to and at least partially enclose the accessory device,
wherein the first shroud, the second shroud, and/or the third shroud comprises one or more magnets for removably attaching to one another,
wherein each of the first shroud and the second shroud comprises one or more electrical contacts,
wherein the first shroud is configured to be removably coupled to the second shroud to facilitate communication between the portable electronic device and the point of sale device when the one or more electrical contacts of the first and second shrouds are mated with and electrically connected to one another, and
wherein the third shroud is configured to be coupled to the first shroud to facilitate communication between the portable electronic device and the accessory device.