Patents by Inventor Bradley Allen Carter

Bradley Allen Carter 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).

  • VENDING MACHINE FOR REFILLING A CONTAINER WITH LIQUID
    Publication number: 20130240084
    Abstract: A vending machine for refilling a bottle with liquid is provided. The vending machine includes a refilling station that is configured to receive and refill only bottles from a set of bottles having the same configuration with the liquid. The vending machine includes a liquid source for supplying the liquid and a payment acceptor that is configured to accept payment to refill the bottle with liquid from the liquid source. A respective bottle from the set of bottles is refilled with liquid from the liquid source when received by the filling station in response to the payment acceptor receiving payment to refill the bottle with liquid from the liquid source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Bradley Allen Carter, Neil Robert Bumgarner