Unattended Storefront Apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an unattended retail storefront installed in a consumer'"'"'s residence, the unattended retail storefront comprising;
an unsold product display and storage area;
a retail-access portal that provides selective access from the consumer'"'"'s residence to the unsold product display and storage area configured to provide a consumer in the consumer'"'"'s residence with shopping access to the unsold product display and storage area;
an inventory-loading portal that provides selective access from outside the consumer'"'"'s residence to the unsold product display and storage area configured to provide a retail enterprise with inventory-maintenance access to the unsold product display and storage area.
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Abstract
An unattended retail storefront that is installed in a consumer'"'"'s residence. The unattended retail storefront includes an unsold product display and storage area, a retail-access portal that provides selective access from within the consumer'"'"'s residence to the unsold product display and storage area to thereby provide a consumer in the consumer'"'"'s residence with physical shopping access to the unsold product display and storage area, and an inventory-loading portal that provides selective access from outside the consumer'"'"'s residence to the unsold product display and storage area, to thereby provide a retail enterprise with inventory-maintenance access to the unsold product display and storage area. Part or all of the unsold product display in storage area may be refrigerated. One or both of the aforementioned portals may be lockable as desired. By one approach the retail-access portal can be configured to automatically lock when the inventory-loading portal is opened.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
an unattended retail storefront installed in a consumer'"'"'s residence, the unattended retail storefront comprising; an unsold product display and storage area; a retail-access portal that provides selective access from the consumer'"'"'s residence to the unsold product display and storage area configured to provide a consumer in the consumer'"'"'s residence with shopping access to the unsold product display and storage area; an inventory-loading portal that provides selective access from outside the consumer'"'"'s residence to the unsold product display and storage area configured to provide a retail enterprise with inventory-maintenance access to the unsold product display and storage area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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