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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Henschel-steinau, Inc., Allendale, NJ (US);
Andrew B. Sholl, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Michael D. Luberto, River Vale, NJ (US);
Michael D. DeSena, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Henschel-Steinau, Inc., Allendale, NJ (US);
Abstract
An improvement in an apparatus and a method provide an audible signal for announcing a selection, by a purchaser, of an item of merchandise placed at a dispensing location at a point-of-purchase. An annunciator emits an audible signal of limited duration for announcing the selection. A motion-responsive activator is coupled with the annunciator for activating the annunciator to emit the audible signal in response to imparting an activating motion to the activator. A selection-responsive component is coupled with the activator and is movable in response to the purchaser making a selection at the dispensing location, to impart an activating motion to the activator and, consequently, to activate the annunciator to emit the audible signal of limited duration announcing the selection.