US 12,475,755 B2
Product dispensing system and methods
Claire Coder, Columbus, OH (US); Anne Weigand, Columbus, OH (US); Pepin Gelardi, Brooklyn, NY (US); Emma Pearl Wilmer-Shiles, Brooklyn, NY (US); Gordon Thomas, Mason, OH (US); Mark Dalhart, Lebanon, OH (US); and Jesse Klein, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Aunt Flow Corp., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Aunt Flow Corp., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on May 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/657,639.
Application 18/657,639 is a continuation of application No. 18/068,232, filed on Dec. 19, 2022, abandoned.
Application 18/068,232 is a continuation of application No. 16/988,607, filed on Aug. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,532,197, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/884,787, filed on Aug. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0290162 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. A47K 10/32 (2006.01); A47K 10/42 (2006.01); G07F 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 11/004 (2020.05) [A47K 10/424 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A product dispensing system for dispensing a product, comprising:
a product feed chute structured to store the product, the product feed chute having a top end, an opposing bottom end, and a chute body having two sidewalls that extend a distance between the top end and the opposing bottom end and two partial front walls connected to the two sidewalls of the chute body, the two partial front walls extending from the bottom end to a middle point located between the top end and the bottom end of the product feed chute;
a front access region positioned between the two partial front walls in the product feed chute and defining an opening that is at least partially located between the two partial front walls through which the product is loaded into the product feed chute;
a dispensing mechanism operably connected to the product feed chute and structured to receive the product from the product feed chute; and
an actuator structured to cause the product to be moved from the product feed chute to the dispensing mechanism.