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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2023
Applicant:
W.w. Grainger, Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Inventors:
Geoffry A. Westphal, Evanston, IL (US);
Viraj Sagar Sahgal, Chicago, IL (US);
Jean-Marc Francois Reynaud, Chicago, IL (US);
Erwin Cruz, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Thomas Allen Mathis, Tolono, IL (US);
David Brenner, Round Lake, IL (US);
Sampo Juhani Karvonen, Allen, TX (US);
Mehrdad Zakershahrak, Libertyville, IL (US);
Assignee:
W.W. Grainger, Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 11/24 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); G07F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 11/24 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 19/005 (2013.01); G07F 9/002 (2020.05); G07F 9/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vending system including a vending machine and a robot. The robot can be adapted to retrieve product from the vending machine for delivery to a user. When the vending machine is mobile, the robot can alternatively move the entirety of the vending machine to a product delivery location.