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Portable cooled merchandizing unit with customer enticement features

  • US 7,934,384 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2007
  • Issued: 05/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable cooled merchandizing unit comprising:

  • a product container assembly defining an interior region for containing products;

    a door assembly connected to the product container assembly and including a movable door to permit selective access to the interior region;

    a cooling assembly connected to the product container assembly, the cooling assembly including a powered cooling device and configured to cool the interior region;

    a housing within which the product container assembly and the cooling assembly are disposed, the housing defining a portion of an exterior of the merchandizing unit;

    a first powered customer enticement device maintained relative to the product container assembly and adapted to encourage customer interest in the merchandizing unit, the powered customer enticement device including an enticement device frame separate from the housing and maintaining a powered component and display panel configured to display an image, wherein a visual effect of the displayed image changes with operation of the powered component, and further wherein the first powered customer enticement device is disposed outside of the housing; and

    a power unit maintained relative to the product container assembly and including a common power supply electrically connectable to an external power source, wherein each of the powered cooling device and the powered component of the customer enticement device are electrically coupled to the common power supply.

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