Mobile vending machine

US11501596B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PepsiCo, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Emad Jafa · Brewster, US
• Cheuk Chi LAU · White Plains, US
• Xuejun LI · Pleasantville, US
• Yong Serock · Coventry Lake, US
• Wai Ting Chan · Cambridge, GB
• Samuel Luke Johnstone · Cambridge, GB
• Martyn Thomas Mitchell · Royston, GB
• Euan Morrison · Cambridge, GB
• Erik David Williams · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 25, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 25, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/202
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Mobile vending machines for storing and dispensing products to consumers at various locations. A mobile vending machine may include a product storage system, a user interface, a powertrain system, and a control unit. A consumer may view a list of products in the mobile vending machine using a mobile device, such as a smart phone. The consumer may summon the mobile vending machine to a location using the mobile device, and the mobile vending machine may automatically complete a transaction with the consumer, where the consumer receives a product from the mobile vending machine. The control unit may enable the mobile vending machine to autonomously travel to the location of the consumer.