Drive-up vending system

• US 20030146235A1
• Filed: 01/21/2003
• Published: 08/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Harvey S. Peeler Jr
• Original Assignee: Harvey S. Peeler Jr
• Inventors: Peeler, Harvey S. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US10/348,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20030146235A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 221/123
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/32 two or magazines having a common delivery chute
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/42 the articles being delivered by motor-driven means

Abstract

A vending system is disclosed suitable for providing beverage products to consumers. In particular, the vending system is accessible to consumers from a vehicle. The vending system is well suited for providing beverages to consumers in multi-use sized containers, such as half-gallon or gallon sized containers. In one particular embodiment, the system can provide a variety of dairy products, such as a variety of milk products, to consumers. The vending system may be a freestanding, self-enclosed system which may be conveniently located in a parking lot.

Claims

1-1. The vending system of claim 1, wherein the beverage comprises a dairy product.

14. A vending system comprising:

two or more storage locations for separately storing two or more different products, each of said different products comprising a beverage, at least one of said different products comprising milk in a multi-use sized container;

a product delivery path along which the multi-use sized container can move; and

an interactive panel, said interactive panel comprising a product selection area, a payment area, and a product delivery door, said interactive panel being accessible to a person seated in a motor vehicle;

wherein the product delivery path commences at the storage location and terminates at the product delivery door.

15. The vending system of claim 14, wherein said two or more different products comprise different dairy products.

16. The vending system of claim 14, wherein the milk is selected from the group consisting of whole milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, ½

% milk, and skim milk.

17. The vending system of claim 14, said two or more different products further comprising fruit juice products.

18. The vending system of claim 14, wherein the two or more storage locations are of a size to store the same multi-use sized container.

19. The vending system of claim 14, wherein the two or more storage locations are of a size to store different multi-used sized containers.

20. The vending system of claim 14, wherein the multi-use sized container is selected from the group consisting of a gallon container, a half-gallon container, and a quart container.

21. The vending system of claim 14, wherein at least a portion of the product delivery path is gravity fed.

22. The vending system of claim 14, further comprising a freestanding structure enclosing the storage location and the product delivery path.

23. The vending system of claim 22, wherein the freestanding structure is in parking lot.

24. The vending system of claim 14, wherein the product delivery path comprises two or more product conveyors.