US 12,446,711 B2
Heated display cabinet
Kelly Michalko, Menominee, MI (US); Gwen Bialas, Mundelein, IL (US); Gabriel Palmisciano, Mundelein, IL (US); and Sreekanth Pushpala, Mundelein, IL (US)
Assigned to CARTER-HOFFMANN LLC, Mundelein, IL (US)
Filed by CARTER-HOFFMANN LLC, Mundelein, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/753,871.
Application 18/753,871 is a continuation of application No. 18/203,752, filed on May 31, 2023, granted, now 12,022,964.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/442,145, filed on Jan. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0341501 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47F 3/00 (2006.01); A47F 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 3/001 (2013.01) [A47F 3/0443 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cabinet comprising:
a housing defining an internal volume and an open front to allow access into the internal volume;
at least one shelving unit that extends within the internal volume of the housing, the at least one shelving unit including a shelf coupled to the housing and a roof coupled to the housing and spaced apart from the shelf to define a storage volume disposed between the shelf and the roof, wherein the shelf has a forward-facing surface that extends proximate to the open front of the housing and supports a display screen to include one or more numbers, words, symbols, or pictures that are associated with items that are intended to be disposed within the storage volume, and wherein the roof includes one or more lights that during operation shine light into the storage volume; and
a controller configured to operate the one or more lights and the display screen such that the one or more lights and the display screen are operated collectively to identify or call attention to the items that are disposed upon the at least one shelving unit.