Patents by Inventor Allan Gilbert

Allan Gilbert 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).

  • Publication number: 20030150870
    Abstract: A machine for dispensing substantially cylindrical items such as bottles, cans and containers of various shapes and sizes without making special adaptations to the machine. The machine includes a storage cabinet having a plurality of storage racks supported therein each of which includes a plurality of storage tracks formed by first and second elongate planar surfaces which are disposed substantially perpendicular to each other and which are inclined in a downwardly direction from the back of the storage rack toward the front of the storage rack. Each of the elongate planar surfaces is disposed at an acute angle to a horizontal plane disposed substantially parallel to the ground and each of the storage tracks is operable to support a plurality of items to be dispensed with the bottom surface of the items supported on one of the first and second elongate planar surfaces and a side cylindrical surface of the item being rollingly supported on the other of the first and second elongate planar surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Allan Gilbert