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Patent No.:

US 12592115 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2021

Hands-free vending machine and door opening assembly

Applicant:

Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sandeep Jain, Gurgaon, IN;

Gurmeet Singh Bhutani, Haryana State, IN;

Assignee:

PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);

Attorney:

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Gene O Crawford

Assistant Examiner:

Kelvin L Randall, Jr.

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/08 (2006.01); E05B 1/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G07F 7/00 (2006.01); G07F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/0014 (2013.01); B65G 1/08 (2013.01); E05B 1/0069 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G07F 7/00 (2013.01); G07F 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pedal-operated vending machine includes a housing defining a product storage area and a delivery portal. The vending machine further includes a dispensing mechanism configured to convey a product in the product storage area to the delivery portal. Vending machine may further include a pedal arranged on a lower end of the housing and configured to be operated by a foot of a consumer to actuate the dispensing mechanism to move the product from the product storage area to the delivery portal.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Jain, Sandeep. (2026). Hands-free vending machine and door opening assembly (U.S. Patent No. 12592115). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12592115

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