Point of sale terminal
Disclosed herein is a point of sale terminal. The point of sale terminal may include a housing, a customer display, and a payment device. The housing may define a customer display opening and a tablet opening. The customer display may be located within the housing and arranged to be visible through the customer display opening. The payment device may be located within the housing proximate customer display opening.
1. A point of sale terminal comprising:
a housing having a first inclined portion, a second inclined portion, and a base portion, wherein:
the first inclined portion is immovably connected to the second inclined portion in between a first end and a second end of the second inclined portion so that a portion of the second inclined portion extends beyond the first inclined portion,
a first end of the first inclined portion immovably connected to the base portion and the first end of the second inclined portion immovably connected to the base portion so as to define a through passage, and
the first inclined portion defining a customer display opening and the second inclined portion defining a tablet opening;
a plurality of buttons located along the second end of the second inclined portion;
a credit card slot defined by an edge of the first inclined portion, wherein the credit card slot extending the entire length of the edge of the first inclined portion and passing through a portion of an edge of the second inclined portion;
a projection extending from the edged of the first inclined portion and located beneath the credit card slot;
a customer display located within and at a first end of the housing and arranged to be visible through the customer display opening; and
a payment device located within and at a second end of the housing proximate customer display opening.
2. The point of sale terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a tablet located within the housing and arranged to be visible through the tablet opening, the tablet in electrical communication with the payment device and the customer display.
3. The point of sale terminal of claim 2 , wherein the tablet is an off the shelf tablet.
4. The point of sale terminal of claim 1 , wherein the payment device includes a near field communication module operable to communicate with a smartphone or smartwatch.
5. The point of sale terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a camera configured to communicate with a tablet, the camera located proximate the customer display opening.
6. The point of sale terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a battery pack configured to power the point of sale terminal.
7. The point of sale terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a communications port configured to communicate with a tablet.
8. A point of sale terminal comprising:
a housing having a base portion, a first inclined portion, and a second inclined portion, wherein:
the first inclined portion is immovably connected to the second inclined portion at a right angle so that a portion of the second inclined portion extends beyond the first inclined portion,
a first end of the first inclined portion immovably connected to the base portion and the first end of the second inclined portion immovably connected to the base portion so as to define a through passage, and
the first inclined portion defining a customer display opening, the second inclined portion defining a tablet opening;
a plurality of buttons located along the second end of the second inclined portion;
a credit card slot defined by an edge of the first inclined portion, wherein the credit card slot extending the entire length of the edge of the first inclined portion and passing through a portion of an edge of the second inclined portion;
a projection extending from the edged of the first inclined portion and located beneath the credit card slot;
a customer display located within and at a first end of the housing and arranged to be visible through the customer display opening;
a payment device located within and at a second end of the housing and proximate the customer display opening; and
a tablet located within the housing and arranged to be visible through the tablet opening, the tablet in electrical communication with the customer display and the payment device.
9. The point of sale terminal of claim 8 , wherein the tablet is an off the shelf tablet.
10. The point of sale terminal of claim 8 , wherein the payment device includes a near field communication module operable to communicate with a smartphone or smartwatch.
11. The point of sale terminal of claim 8 , further comprising a camera located proximate the customer display opening and in electrical communication with the tablet.
12. The point of sale terminal of claim 8 , further comprising a battery pack configured to power the payment device, customer display, and the tablet.
13. The point of sale terminal of claim 8 , further comprising a communications port in electrical communications with the tablet.
14. A point of sale terminal comprising:
a housing including:
a base portion including a first end and a second end,
a first inclined portion including a first end and a second end, the first inclined portion defining a customer display opening, the first end of the first inclined portion immovably connected to the first end of the base portion, and
a second inclined portion including a first end, a second end, and a middle portion located in between the first and second ends of the second inclined portion, wherein:
the second inclined portion defining a tablet opening,
the second end of the first inclined portion is immovably connected to the middle portion of the second inclined portion at a right angle,
the first end of the second inclined portion immovably connected to the second end of the base portion, and
the first inclined portion, the second inclined portion, and the base portion defining a through passage;
a plurality of buttons located along the second end of the first inclined portion;
a credit card slot defined by an edge of the second inclined portion that extends the entire length of the first inclined portion and passes through a portion of an edge of the second inclined portion;
a projection extending from the edged of the first inclined portion and located beneath the credit card slot a customer display located within and at a first end of the housing and arranged to be visible through the customer display opening;
a payment device located within and at a second end of the housing and proximate the customer display opening;
a camera located proximate the customer display opening;
a tablet located within the housing and arranged to be visible through the tablet opening, the tablet in electrical communication with the customer display and the payment device; and
a battery pack configured to power the payment device, customer display, the camera, and the tablet.
15. The point of sale terminal of claim 14 , wherein the tablet is an off the shelf tablet.
16. The point of sale terminal of claim 14 , wherein the payment device includes a near field communication module operable to communicate with a smartphone or smartwatch.
17. The point of sale terminal of claim 14 , wherein the first inclined portion intersects the second inclined portion at a right angle.