US 12,285,125 B1
Connector
Kunihiko Tanaka, Osaka (JP); Tadanori Sugimoto, Sakai (JP); and Hidetoshi Nakamura, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to Kura Sushi, Inc.
Filed by Kura Sushi, Inc., Sakai (JP)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/886,756.
Claims priority of application No. 2024-018851 (JP), filed on Feb. 9, 2024; and application No. 2024-105585 (JP), filed on Jun. 28, 2024.
Int. Cl. A47G 23/06 (2006.01); A47F 10/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 23/0633 (2013.01) [A47F 10/06 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector that connects two containers to each other, each of the two containers being configured to house a plate on which a food or a drink is placed and being conveyed on a conveying path of a conveying device that circulates in a restaurant, the connector comprising:
a pair of attachment portions each of which is attached to a respective one of the two containers, the pair of attachment portions being conveyed by the conveying device together with the two containers;
a connecting portion that is configured to connect the attachment portions to each other; and
a display member integrally formed with the connecting portion and configured to present a notification visible to a customer,
wherein the connecting portion has a length between the two containers for the display member that presents the notification.