Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vending mechanism
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Application No.: US16098388Application Date: 2017-05-02
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Publication No.: US10930107B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Clayton Burnett , Lee Alan Hawkins , John Boyd , Thomas G. North, III , Chih-Shang Fu
- Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
- Current Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/030643 WO 20170502
- International Announcement: WO2017/192591 WO 20171109
- Main IPC: G07F11/34
- IPC: G07F11/34 ; G05B19/042

Abstract:
A system and method of vending product items may include storing product items within a product storage area. A product item may be released from the product storage area. The product item may be hoisted over at least a portion of the product storage area. The hoisted product item may be presented to a user. In one embodiment, the product storage area may be positioned within a vending machine, and the vending machine may be mobile. The vending machine may also be self-propelled. In an embodiment, the vending machine may be moved via a controller being used by an operator. Alternatively, the vending machine may be moved autonomously.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190172295A1 VENDING MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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