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Display panel for vending machines

  • US 4,551,935 A
  • Filed: 02/08/1983
  • Issued: 11/12/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Display means for an obverse face of a vending machine comprising:

  • a plurality of panel means defining a like plurality of display fields within a defined display area;

    selected ones of said panel means being of contrasting surface characteristics to the remaining said panel means in the provision of selected display configurations in said display area;

    one of said selected panel means being a discharge panel means having discharge port means therein for presenting vended products, said discharge panel means extending horizontally across said obverse face of said vending means and dividing said obverse face into upper and lower sections;

    another selected one of said panel means being disposed in said upper section and being configured with a substantially rectangular outline with the longest dimension of the rectangle extending vertically of said machine and including logo means so disposed thereon as to suggest the representation by said display panel means of the rectangular front elevational outline of an upright can of product with said logo means thereon; and

    control means in a remaining said panel means for controlling the vending of products from said vending machine, said control means including,secondary product selector button means in a vertical array for selecting secondary products to be vended, each having a secondary product display area thereon bearing indicia representative of a given secondary product to be vended,a primary product selector button means positioned above said vertical array so shaped and so proportioned as to present a primary product display area thereon larger than a said secondary product display area to provide a dominant pressure thereon in said control means,said primary product display area being substantially the same primary product logo as said another selected one of said panel means for inducing, in conjunction therewith, the predominant selection of said primary product over said secondary product by an observer of said display means.

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