Patents by Inventor Alex Vaughn Grady

Alex Vaughn Grady has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Food service cup dispensers, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 11752779
    Abstract: Systems for providing on-demand cup printing and dispensing for food service are provided herein. A cup dispenser includes a cup source configured to hold a stack of cups and one or more cup-moving elements configured to cause a cup from the stack of cups to move through the cup dispenser. The cup dispenser includes a motor configured to operate the one or more cup-moving elements to cause the cup to move through the cup dispenser along a path. The cup dispenser also includes a printer configured to print at least one of order information or personalization information on the cup that is based on the food service order associated with the cup. The cup dispenser further includes a dispensing section that provides the cup, which includes the at least one of order information or personalization information printed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Lynn Auda, Daniel Huffaker, Brandon Seth Cross, Daniel James Geddes, Nathaniel Michael Peterson, Andrew James Carlson, Aaron Lee Sinclair, Jason Aaron Morgan, Lenox Gregory Wilson, Mikhail Tikh, Robert Earl Simon, Ryan David Carignan, Alex Vaughn Grady
  • FOOD SERVICE CUP DISPENSERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210086529
    Abstract: Systems for providing on-demand cup printing and dispensing for food service are provided herein. A cup dispenser includes a cup source configured to hold a stack of cups and one or more cup-moving elements configured to cause a cup from the stack of cups to move through the cup dispenser. The cup dispenser includes a motor configured to operate the one or more cup-moving elements to cause the cup to move through the cup dispenser along a path. The cup dispenser also includes a printer configured to print at least one of order information or personalization information on the cup that is based on the food service order associated with the cup. The cup dispenser further includes a dispensing section that provides the cup, which includes the at least one of order information or personalization information printed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michelle Lynn Auda, Daniel Huffaker, Brandon Seth Cross, Daniel James Geddes, Nathaniel Michael Peterson, Andrew James Carlson, Aaron Lee Sinclair, Jason Aaron Morgan, Lenox Gregory Wilson, Mikhail Tikh, Robert Earl Simon, Ryan David Carignan, Alex Vaughn Grady