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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100262280 | Display-Based Vending Apparatus and Method A vending-machine has one or more displays that inform the customer regarding available vendable selections and that facilitate the purchase of a selected item. By one approach this display can comprise a touchscreen display. Such an approach can support a highly intuit... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100025418 | VENDING MACHINE WITH VIDEO DISPLAY Methods and apparatus are disclosed relating to the provision of a video display device within an article vending machine, such video display being used to provide one or more of an “entertainment”, “advertising” and/or an “interactive product selection” enh... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100012676 | DISPENSER ASSEMBLY A dispenser (10) for items (26), such as cans (28) or bottles (30), including a main body (16) including one or more openings (32,34) for item dispensing therethrough; a storage means such as a holder (24) included in the... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20080169303 | Playground tissue dispenser A facial tissue dispenser includes a first compartment sized to receive a supply of facial tissues, and a lower supporting surface including an opening facilitating a serial dispensing of the facial tissues. A second compartment coupled to the first compartment provides... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20070289985 | Small item dispenser with maze A dispenser for dispensing small items such as pieces of candy is disclosed herein. The dispenser includes a container having a first major side, a second major side, and a storage volume positioned between the first and second major sides. The dispenser includes a disp... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070075450 | Parametrized material and performance properties based on virtual testing A method of generating a topology for a material includes parametrizing one or more material properties of the material using virtual testing and generating a topology for the material based on the parametrizing. ... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20060226166 | Product dispenser According to one embodiment of the present invention, a product dispenser for dispensing a plurality of items is provided. The product dispenser comprises a housing, cradle and a movable platform. The housing has a sidewall and a substantially planar base. The base has ... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060122954 | Medical simulator apparatus and method An animal simulator having electroactive polymer assemblies and a control system connected to the assemblies is disclosed. An animal simulator is constructed and arranged to mimic selected anatomy. It includes a substrate; an electroactive polymer assembly, within the s... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060049198 | Mobile vending The mobile vending apparatus can be transported to a desired venue such as a festival grounds, sports park, or the like, and is quickly and easily rendered operational for use by persons standing at ground level. The apparatus can include individual automatic vending un... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20050205592 | Sanitized dispensing mechanism A sanitized dispensing mechanism mounted to a vending machine includes a receptacle, a barrier and an actuating device. The receptacle has an interior chamber and a rear opening behind the interior chamber through which an item discharged from an exterior opening of the... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050035132 | Spinning eye and mouth character candy dispenser Provided is a dispensing system, including a container configured with one or more apertures, and configured to house items, a faceplate configured with one or more dispensing apertures, rotationally coupled to the container, such that the items may be dispensed from th... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050017454 | Interactive gaming systems with haptic feedback Interactive gaming systems and methods with haptic feedback are described. One described apparatus comprises: a portable manipulandum configured to simulate an element associated with a sports activity; a sensor in communication with the portable manipulandum and config... | 01/27/2005 |
