US 11,865,502 B2
Systems and methods for paint tinting
Andrew Kinnen, Cleveland, OH (US); Gustavo A Morales, Cleveland, OH (US); Owen J O'Donnell, Cleveland, OH (US); and Daniel A Sherwin, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by SWIMC LLC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/955,140.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/486,292, filed on Apr. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0296995 A1, Oct. 18, 2018
Int. Cl. B01F 33/84 (2022.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G07F 13/06 (2006.01); B01F 101/30 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 33/8442 (2022.01) [B01F 33/846 (2022.01); B01F 33/848 (2022.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G07F 13/06 (2013.01); B01F 2101/30 (2022.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a walkable path within a store;
a first kiosk on the walkable path within the store, the first kiosk having an electronic interface,
wherein the first kiosk is configured to receive a base selection and a color selection from a user using the electronic interface of the first kiosk, and wherein the base selection includes at least a gloss level;
a base array on the walkable path within the store comprising a plurality of containers of base, wherein each of the plurality of containers of base include encoding identifying a base specification within each of the containers;
a second kiosk on the walkable path within the store, the second kiosk operatively coupled with the first kiosk to receive the base selection and the color selection,
wherein the second kiosk receives one of the plurality of containers of paint base, wherein the second kiosk detects that the one of the plurality of containers matches the base selection based on the encoding, and
wherein the second kiosk is configured to tint the paint base with a colorant to a specification matching the color selection; and
a third kiosk configured to mix the paint base and the colorant.