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…

• 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

Seems Familiar…

• 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

One more…

• 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

Anyone have a pencil?

Antique Version

• Antique ca. 1930’s• Single Cigarette for a

penny• 6" wide, 8" deep, 7

1/2" high • Price: $475.00 plus

$12 shipping

Larger Antique Version

• Antique ca. 1950’s• Smoketaire brand• Price: $575.00 plus

$18 shipping • No available model

information

Mexican Vending

Domestically Available

• Available in the US• Similar to the Mexican

Vending Machines• Rotating Coin

Operation• Depth: 10”, Height:

14”, Width: 10”

• 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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