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Patent and Product Search Summary

Patent and Product Search Summary. SingleCig Vending. Contents. Patent Search A familiar item from the team’s past… A little bit of a twist… May I borrow a pencil? Product Search Antique version… Another antique… Who speaks Spanish? So it is legal…. Seems Familiar….

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Patent and Product Search Summary

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  1. Patent and Product Search Summary SingleCig Vending

  2. Contents • Patent Search • A familiar item from the team’s past… • A little bit of a twist… • May I borrow a pencil? • Product Search • Antique version… • Another antique… • Who speaks Spanish? • So it is legal…

  3. Seems Familiar… • Patent #: 5,450,980 • Date: September 19, 1995 • Title: Coin operated vending machine for vending individual cigarettes from a cigarette manufacturer's container • Description: • Vends cigarettes in tubes • Operates with a coin mechanism • Agitators may be placed on the dispenser to insure proper feeding of the cigarettes

  4. One more… • Patent #: 5,351,856 • Date: October 4, 1994 • Title: Vending machine for individual cigarettes • Description: • Vends cigarettes toothpick style • Operates with a rotating coin mechanism • Removable floor in the storage bins to aid in restocking

  5. Anyone have a pencil? • Patent #: 5,240,143 • Date: August 31, 1993 • Title: Pencil Vending Machine • Description: • Vends pencils one at a time • Operates with a sliding coin slot • With the correct packaging (straw like tubes) this design would work for our needs

  6. Antique ca. 1930’s Single Cigarette for a penny 6" wide, 8" deep, 7 1/2" high Price: $475.00 plus $12 shipping Antique Version

  7. Antique ca. 1950’s Smoketaire brand Price: $575.00 plus $18 shipping No available model information Larger Antique Version

  8. Mexican Vending

  9. Available in the US Similar to the Mexican Vending Machines Rotating Coin Operation Depth: 10”, Height: 14”, Width: 10” Domestically Available

  10. References • Seems Familiar: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=7&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1=5450980&OS=5450980&RS=5450980 • One More: http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?docid=US005351856&PageNum=1&&IDKey=DF5DCBEA5E3D&HomeUrl=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2%2526Sect2=HITOFF%2526u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm%2526r=10%2526f=G%2526l=50%2526d=PTXT%2526p=1%2526p=1%2526S1=((cigarette%252BAND%252Bvend)%252BAND%252Bsingle)%2526OS=cigarette%252BAND%252Bvend%252BAND%252Bsingle%2526RS=((cigarette%252BAND%252Bvend)%252BAND%252Bsingle) • Anyone Have a Pencil?: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=11&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=((cigarette+AND+vend)+AND+single)&OS=cigarette+AND+vend+AND+single&RS=((cigarette+AND+vend)+AND+single) • Antique Version: http://www.gameroomantiques.com/kdVending.htm • Larger Antique Version: http://www.gameroomantiques.com/kdVending.htm • Mexican vending: http://www.cigarsolo.com.mx/cigarsoloca-50.htm • Domestically Available: http://www.hanna-vending.com/cigarettevendor.htm

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