US 12,029,351 B2
Capactive touch universal holding bin
Brian Smetana, Downers Grove, IL (US); Donald Sweeney, St. Charles, IL (US); Ebrahim Kassamali, Osseo, MN (US); Sean Forrest, Park Ridge, IL (US); Rich Bauer, Palatine, IL (US); and Nagasuryarama Vegesna, Osseo, MN (US)
Assigned to Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc., Osseo, MN (US)
Filed by Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc., Osseo, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,326.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/004,965, filed on Apr. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307563 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 39/00 (2006.01); A47F 10/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 39/006 (2013.01) [A47F 10/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holding bin comprising:
a plurality of compartments defined across a width of the holding bin, each compartment of the plurality of compartments configured to receive a plurality of food holding trays; a housing defining an outer perimeter of the holding bin;
a first display secured through the housing;
a second display secured to a sidebar housing removably secured the housing; and
a controller communicatively connected to the first display and the second display, wherein the controller is configured to operate the first display and the second display to coordinately present a location and a status of the food holding tray within the compartment of the plurality of compartments.