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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Leer, Inc., New Lisbon, WI (US);
William M. Huffar, Cazenovia, WI (US);
Stephen J. Dieter, Oregon, WI (US);
Terry D. Matt, Evansville, WI (US);
John A. Miller, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Nicholas A. Truesdale, Madison, WI (US);
Leer, Inc., New Lisbon, WI (US);
Abstract
An ice merchandiser for storing bagged ice for purchase by a customer is provided. The ice merchandiser includes a payment system for facilitating a bagged ice product transaction at the ice merchandiser. The payment system includes a mass determination module structured to determine a mass of bagged ice product removed during the bagged ice product transaction and a transaction module structured to determine an amount of currency required for the bagged ice product transaction based on the determined mass of bagged ice product removed.