US 12,033,454 B2
Kiosk for evaluating and purchasing used electronic devices
Babak Forutanpour, San Diego, CA (US); Ted Ray Gooding, San Diego, CA (US); and Robert O'Neill, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to ecoATM, LLC, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by ecoATM, LLC, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/445,158.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,020, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,007, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/066,794, filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0051507 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 11/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/3877 (2015.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01)
CPC G07F 11/005 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/30 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G07F 9/001 (2020.05); G07F 9/002 (2020.05); G07F 9/0235 (2020.05); G07F 17/0014 (2013.01); H04B 1/3877 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.02)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for moving an electronic device in a kiosk, the apparatus comprising:
a support surface configured to support the electronic device in a first orientation facing a first direction;
a pusher positioned toward a first side of the support surface, the pusher including a first contact feature; and
a ramp positioned toward a second side of the support surface, opposite the first side, the ramp including a second contact feature, the ramp further including a proximal end portion positioned proximate the support surface and a distal end portion spaced apart from the support surface;
wherein—
the pusher is operable to contact a first side portion of the electronic device, push the electronic device across the support surface in a second direction toward the ramp, and drive a second side portion of the electronic device against the ramp and upwardly, away from the support surface; and
the first contact feature is positioned to push against the second contact feature as the pusher moves toward the ramp, thereby causing the ramp to pivot about the proximal end portion of the ramp when the second side portion of the electronic device is positioned against the distal end portion of the ramp, and thereby moving the second side portion of the electronic device in a third direction, opposite the second direction, to rotate the electronic device toward a second orientation in which the electronic device faces a fourth direction, opposite the first direction.