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Granted Patent B2
US 10,005,655 · App. 15/114,024 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Modular beverage and ice dispensing unit

Inventors: Martin E. Broen (New York, NY); Stephen Lim (Chappaqua, NY); Christian Stolarz (Brooklyn, NY)
Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
B67D1/06B67D1/0888F21V23/0471F25C5/20B67D2210/00034
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Patent No.
US 10,005,655
App. No.
15/114,024
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A modular dispensing unit comprising a frame having a front side, back side, two sidewalls, a top wall, an intermediate wall and a bottom wall; a first enclave and a second enclave within the frame; a first beverage dispenser located in the first enclave; a second beverage dispenser located in the second enclave; an ice dispenser positioned between the first and second enclaves; and an ice dispenser housing surrounding substantially the entire ice dispenser. The ice dispenser housing may have two sidewalls and a front wall, the front wall having an opening allowing access to an ice outlet of the ice dispenser.

Claims (39)

1. A modular dispensing unit comprising:

a frame having a front side, back side, two sidewalls, a top wall and a bottom wall;

a first enclave defined by one of the sidewalls, the back side, the front side, the top wall, an intermediate wall, and an ice dispenser housing sidewall;

a second enclave defined by one of the sidewalls, the back side, the front side, the top wall, an intermediate wall, and a second ice dispenser housing sidewall;

a first beverage dispenser located in the first enclave;

a second beverage dispenser located in the second enclave;

an ice dispenser positioned between the first enclave and the second enclave; and

an ice dispenser housing surrounding substantially the entire ice dispenser.

2. The modular dispensing unit of claim 1 , wherein the bottom wall, two sidewalls and top wall are of unitary construction.

3. The modular dispensing unit of claim 1 , wherein the back side comprises a back wall, and the back wall, bottom wall, two sidewalls and top wall are of unitary construction.

4. The modular dispensing unit of claim 3 , wherein the ice dispenser housing is attached to the back wall.

5. The modular dispensing unit of claim 1 , wherein the back side comprises a back wall attached to the two sidewalls, the top wall and the bottom wall, and the ice dispenser housing is attached to the back wall.

6. The modular dispensing unit of claim 1 , wherein the top wall further comprises a first spotlight located above the first beverage dispenser and a second spotlight located above the second beverage dispenser.

7. The modular dispensing unit of claim 6 , wherein the first spotlight and the second spotlight are recessed in the top wall.

8. The modular dispensing unit of claim 6 , further comprising a motion detector that activates the first spotlight above the first beverage dispenser based on the presence of a user in front of the first beverage dispenser.

9. The modular dispensing unit of claim 1 , wherein the ice dispenser housing is attached to a wall of a venue when the modular dispensing unit is installed in the venue.

10. The modular dispensing unit of claim 1 , wherein the ice dispenser housing is the same or similar color as a wall of a venue when the modular dispensing unit is installed adjacent to or embedded in the wall of the venue.

11. The modular dispensing unit of claim 1 , wherein the back side comprises a back wall, and the back wall is the same or similar color as a wall of a venue when the modular dispensing unit is installed adjacent to or embedded in the wall of the venue.

12. The modular dispensing unit of claim 1 , wherein the back side comprises a back wall, and the back wall and the ice dispenser housing are of unitary construction.

13. A modular dispensing unit comprising:

a frame having a front side, back side, two sidewalls, a top wall and a bottom wall;

a first enclave and a second enclave within the frame;

a first beverage dispenser located in the first enclave;

a second beverage dispenser located in the second enclave;

an ice dispenser positioned between the first enclave and the second enclave; and

an ice dispenser housing surrounding the ice dispenser and having the two housing sidewalls and a front wall, wherein the front wall has an opening that allows access to an ice outlet of the ice dispenser, and wherein the two housing sidewalls are attached to a wall of a venue when the modular dispensing unit is installed in the venue.

14. The modular dispensing unit of claim 13 , wherein the two housing sidewalls and the front wall are of unitary construction.

15. The modular dispensing unit of claim 13 , wherein the ice dispenser housing does not attach to the ice dispenser.

16. The modular dispensing unit of claim 13 , wherein the ice dispenser housing is the same or similar color as a wall of a venue when the modular dispensing unit is installed adjacent to or embedded in the wall of the venue.

17. The modular dispensing unit of claim 13 , wherein the back side comprises a back wall, and the back wall and the ice dispenser housing are of unitary construction.

18. A modular dispensing unit comprising:

a frame having a front side, back side, two sidewalls, a top wall and a bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall, two sidewalls and top wall are of unitary construction;

a first enclave defined by one of the sidewalls, the back side, the front side, the top wall, an intermediate wall, and an ice dispenser housing sidewall;

a second enclave defined by one of the sidewalls, the back side, the front side, the top wall, an intermediate wall, and a second ice dispenser housing sidewall;

a first beverage dispenser located in the first enclave;

a second beverage dispenser located in the second enclave;

an ice dispenser positioned between the first enclave and the second enclave; and

an ice dispenser housing surrounding the ice dispenser and having the two ice dispenser housing sidewalls and a front wall, wherein the front wall has an opening that allows access to an ice outlet of the ice dispenser, and wherein the ice dispenser housing is the same or similar color as a wall of a venue when the modular dispensing unit is installed adjacent to or embedded in the wall of the venue.

19. The modular dispensing unit of claim 18 , wherein the bottom wall, two sidewalls, top wall and ice dispenser housing are of unitary construction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2016
From: BROEN, MARTIN E.; LIM, STEPHEN; STOLARZ, CHRISTIAN
To: PEPSICO, INC.
Reel/Frame 039831/0059 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61931928 · Jan 27, 2014
Related Publication 20160340166A1 · Nov 24, 2016
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