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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:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
May. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian L. Clothier, O'Fallon, IL (US);
Assignee:
Thermal Solutions, Inc., Grand Forks, ND (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/06 ; H05B 6/10 ; A47C 7/74 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/06 ; H05B 6/10 ; A47C 7/74 ;
Abstract
An RFID-based induction heating/vending system for quickly and efficiently heating, vending, and recollecting stadium seats ( ) or other objects. The system includes a plurality of objects each including an induction-heatable body ( ), a charging/vending station ( ) for heating and vending the objects; a self-serve warming station ( ) that may be used by consumers to reheat their objects; and a check-out station ( ) that automatically collects objects from consumers after use.