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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1983

Filed:

Jan. 20, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:

G Merle Bachmann, Stone Mountain, GA (US);

Charles L Davis, Atlanta, GA (US);

Annis R Morgan, Jr, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:

The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
40584 ;
Abstract

A display panel is provided for the major obverse face of a vending machine in which contrasting panels provide the suggestion of a container of primary product in combination with a vending control array presenting that primary product in dominance of a plurality of secondary products to be vended so as to induce predominate selection of the primary product. The contrasting panels further provide a superimposed alphanumeric or other display configuration on the display panel to further enhance the dominant presence of the primary product.


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