Drive-through restaurant
First Claim
1. A drive-through restaurant, comprising:
- a structure having a floor at a first elevation and an interior and an exterior, and a roof and walls having interior and exterior surfaces;
an elongated food preparation surface adjacent and parallel one of said interior wall surfaces of one of said walls for preparation of a multicomponent food item by a food preparer, said food preparation surface having a second elevation;
an elongated viewing window in said one wall, said viewing window extending along said food preparation surface and having upper and lower edges; and
a vehicle driveway exterior said one wall and extending therealong for passage of a vehicle and driver thereof therealong, said driveway having an upper surface at a third elevation higher than said first elevation whereby said food preparation surface is visible through said viewing window to said driver in said vehicle while on said driveway.
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Abstract
A drive-through window station of a restaurant has a food preparation area adjacent a food preparation viewing window. A driveway exterior the window positions a customer in a vehicle at an enhanced elevation whereby the customer may look inward and downward to view and direct the food selection, preparation and packaging by continuous communication using one or more spaced two-way speaker-microphones units. A canopy over the driveway enables proper lighting to view the interior food preparation. Sensor activated lighting increases the interior and/or exterior illumination when a vehicle enters the driveway, and decreases the interior and/or exterior illumination when a vehicle exits the driveway.
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45 Claims
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1. A drive-through restaurant, comprising:
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a structure having a floor at a first elevation and an interior and an exterior, and a roof and walls having interior and exterior surfaces; an elongated food preparation surface adjacent and parallel one of said interior wall surfaces of one of said walls for preparation of a multicomponent food item by a food preparer, said food preparation surface having a second elevation; an elongated viewing window in said one wall, said viewing window extending along said food preparation surface and having upper and lower edges; and a vehicle driveway exterior said one wall and extending therealong for passage of a vehicle and driver thereof therealong, said driveway having an upper surface at a third elevation higher than said first elevation whereby said food preparation surface is visible through said viewing window to said driver in said vehicle while on said driveway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A drive-through window station for a restaurant, comprising:
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a structure having a floor at a first elevation, a ceiling and at least one wall having interior and exterior surfaces; a food preparation area adjacent an interior surface of one of said walls, and having a food preparation surface elevated above said floor, said food preparation surface usable for preparation of a meal by a meal preparer and having a second elevation; a first transparent viewing window in said one wall above said food preparation surface; an openable second window for delivery of prepared food to an occupant of a vehicle outside said second window; and a vehicle driveway passing adjacent said exterior surface of said one wall at a third elevation higher than said first elevation, whereby said occupant of the vehicle on said driveway may look downward through said first transparent viewing window onto said food preparation surface. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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