Patents by Inventor Barry P. May

Barry P. May 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).

  • Replacement shelf for a vending machine
    Patent number: 8550293
    Abstract: A replacement shelf for displaying, storing, and vending flat pack gum and candy replaces an existing shelf which was dedicated solely to vending old style five stick gum and roll candy. The replacement shelf includes a plurality of parallel product guides each of which includes a planar bottom surface and a pair of parallel spaced apart product support rails which cooperate to support product to be stored, displayed and vended in a position above the planar bottom surface of the product guides and in a position which ensures that the product is directed to fall downwardly from the product guide into a delivery bin in the vending machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Vendors Exchange International, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent D. Garson, Barry P. May, Roger J. May, Jr.
  • Replacement shelf for a vending machine
    Publication number: 20110049067
    Abstract: A replacement shelf for displaying, storing, and vending flat pack gum and candy replaces an existing shelf which was dedicated solely to vending old style five stick gum and roll candy. The replacement shelf includes a plurality of parallel product guides each of which includes a planar bottom surface and a pair of parallel spaced apart product support rails which cooperate to support product to be stored, displayed and vended in a position above the planar bottom surface of the product guides and in a position which ensures that the product is directed to fall downwardly from the product guide into a delivery bin in the vending machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Brent D. Garson, Barry P. May, Roger J. May, JR.