US 12,014,231 B2
Methods and apparatus for display and dispensing of a product
Angilbert Sarkis, Oakdale, CA (US)
Filed by Angilbert Sarkis, Oakdale, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/591,163.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/284,895, filed on Dec. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0169294 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/0723 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a housing, wherein
the housing comprises a plurality of walls,
a first vertical edge of each wall of the plurality of walls meets another wall of the plurality of walls at a second vertical edge of the another wall of the plurality of walls, such that the plurality of walls form an internal volume,
a top opening at a top edge of the each wall of the plurality of walls, and
a bottom opening at a bottom edge of the each wall of the plurality of walls, and
at least one wall of the plurality of walls is composed of a translucent material;
a lid assembly, wherein
the lid assembly is mechanically coupled at a top edge of one or more walls of the plurality of walls, such that the lid assembly is operable to facilitate loading of an item into the housing and sealing of the top opening of the housing;
a base, wherein
the base is affixed at the bottom edge of the each wall of the plurality of walls,
such that the base seals the bottom opening of the housing; and
a dispenser assembly, wherein
the dispenser assembly is mechanically coupled at an opening in a front wall of the plurality of walls, and
the dispenser assembly is operable to dispense the item from the housing; and
embedded signage, wherein
the embedded signage is positioned at an internal surface of the at least one wall of the plurality of walls and/or integrated into the at least one wall of the plurality of walls, such that information displayed by the embedded signage is visible from a point external to the housing,
the internal surface of the at least one wall of the plurality of walls is a surface of the at least one wall of the plurality of walls facing the internal volume,
the item is substantially cylindrical in shape,
the apparatus is configured to store and dispense the item by virtue of the plurality of walls comprising
the front wall,
a back wall,
a first side wall, and
a second side wall, and
the each wall of the plurality of walls being rectangular in shape,
the lid assembly, the dispenser assembly, and the housing are configured to maintain one or more environmental parameters of an environment within the internal volume, and
the lid assembly comprises a mechanism configured to substantially maintain an environmental parameter of the one or more environmental parameters.