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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Robert W. Tuttrup, Sparta, NJ (US);
Neil A. Willcocks, Flanders, NJ (US);
Thomas M. Collins, Nazareth, PA (US);
Mark J. Chimel, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Kevin L. Rabinovitch, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Henry V. Izzo, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Robert W. Tuttrup, Sparta, NJ (US);
Neil A. Willcocks, Flanders, NJ (US);
Thomas M. Collins, Nazareth, PA (US);
Mark J. Chimel, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Kevin L. Rabinovitch, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Henry V. Izzo, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Mars Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for delivering goods ordered by a plurality of customers, in which a plurality of customers place orders for goods from a vendor, the vendor fulfills its orders by combining into a single shipping order the goods ordered by a plurality of customers who are geographically close to a single local pick-up point, and the vendor causes the single shipping order to be sent to a local pick-up point.