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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Robert Crawford, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Emad Jafa, Brewster, NY (US);
Cheuk Chi Lau, White Plains, NY (US);
Xuejun Li, White Plains, NY (US);
Yong Serock, Newton, CT (US);
Wai Ting Chan, Cambridge, GB;
Samuel Luke Johnstone, Cambridge, GB;
Martyn Thomas Mitchell, Royston, GB;
Euan Morrison, Cambridge, GB;
Erik David Williams, Cambridge, GB;
PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
Modular vending machines for storing and dispensing products to consumers. A modular vending machine may include a product storage system, a user interface, and a control unit. Several modular vending machines may be stacked and/or arranged together in various configurations. Several modular vending machines may be linked electronically and may communicate with each other and/or with a user mobile device over a network. A modular vending machine may automatically complete a transaction with the consumer, where the consumer removes a product from the modular vending machine. A consumer may access and purchase products from several modular vending machines in one transaction.