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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1996
Howard J Frantz, Irvine, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
This present invention comprises an apparatus and method for checking the accuracy of a customer's food order when ordering food to go from a quick-service restaurant. This is done by checking the contents of a bagged order by means of a weight check of the total weight of the bagged order so as to determine the correct order and/or contents thereof prior to the customer leaving the quick service restaurant. Accordingly, the order is logged into a computer system that is programmed to check the contents of the order by means of weighing the total items packaged in the bag, whereby the restaurant employee is alerted when the bagged order is either overweight or underweight with respect to the actual predetermined weight of the total items ordered.