Newspaper vending machine

US6523716B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Times Mirror Company · US

Inventors

• Neil Goldberg · Berkeley, US
• Steven Nersesian · San Francisco, US
• Imraan Aziz · Oakland, US
• Lars Furberg · Delsbo, SE
• Kenneth Sm Ling · San Francisco, US
• Gerard Marnien · Chino, US
• Bradley C. Dinkmeyer · Calabasas, US
• Brian Marcroft · Norwalk, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 5, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2003
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F11/045
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A newspaper vending machine provides a display newspaper at a height and angle resembling a lectern so that a customer can easily read the display paper from a standing position. The newspaper vending machine comprises a housing having a front wall, a back wall, two side walls, a top, and a bottom, and a storage compartment therein for storing a plurality of newspapers. The top of the housing is generally curved downwardly toward the front wall. A portion of the top in contact with the back wall is higher than the portion of the top in contact with the front wall. A viewing area is provided within the top of the housing through which at least a part of a display newspaper can be viewed. A newspaper display rack is mounted within the top of the housing under the viewing area at an angle from vertical ranging from about 40° to about 70°. The display rack has an upper surface through which at least a part of the display newspaper can be viewed.