US 12,014,592 B2
System and method for dispensing a food product
Kent A. Deemter, Hudsonville, MI (US); R. William Kneifel, II, West Bloomfield, MI (US); David Scrivano, South Lyon, MI (US); and Christopher P. Ilitch, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc., Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc., Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/682,857.
Application 17/682,857 is a continuation of application No. 16/704,301, filed on Dec. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,282,328.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/776,002, filed on Dec. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0189237 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/0078 (2013.01) [G07F 9/105 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food management system comprising:
a cabinet having a chamber and a chute, the chute defining a passage extending from the chamber to an exterior of the cabinet;
at least one lift disposed within the chamber, the lift including a plurality of slots configured to receive a plurality of containers therein and operable to present at least one of the containers to a dispensing region of the cabinet through a translation of the plurality of containers; and
an ejector operable to eject the at least one of the containers presented to the dispensing region from the at least one lift through the chute.