Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular vending machines
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Application No.: US16206474Application Date: 2018-11-30
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Publication No.: US11756366B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Robert Crawford , Emad Jafa , Cheuk Chi Lau , Xuejun Li , Yong Serock , Wai Ting Chan , Samuel Luke Johnstone , Martyn Thomas Mitchell , Euan Morrison , Erik David Williams
- Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Purchase
- Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Current Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Purchase
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: G07F9/00
- IPC: G07F9/00 ; G07F11/00 ; G07F17/12 ; G07F17/14 ; G07F11/62 ; G07F5/18 ; G07F11/16

Abstract:
Modular vending machines for storing and dispensing products to consumers. A modular vending machine may include a product storage system, a user interface, and a control unit. Several modular vending machines may be stacked and/or arranged together in various configurations. Several modular vending machines may be linked electronically and may communicate with each other and/or with a user mobile device over a network. A modular vending machine may automatically complete a transaction with the consumer, where the consumer removes a product from the modular vending machine. A consumer may access and purchase products from several modular vending machines in one transaction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200175802A1 MODULAR VENDING MACHINES Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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