Patents by Inventor Edward T. van Breen

Edward T. van Breen 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).

  • System for managing an integrated drive-through restaurant and carwash facility providing estimated wait times via a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 11790294
    Abstract: Quick service restaurants with car wash systems and traffic management systems for managing customer traffic and routing customers who have made food-only purchases and customers who have purchased both a food item and a carwash service. In some examples, graphical user interfaces incorporated in point of sale systems display time predictions for the delivery of food items and carwash services to aid and encourage customer selection of both food items and carwash services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: DBD Design Inc.
    Inventor: Edward T. van Breen
  • Drive-Through Systems for Optimizing Time, Space and Service of Drive-Through Operations of a Quick-Service Restaurant and Methods of Using the Same
    Publication number: 20230004899
    Abstract: Quick service restaurants with car wash systems and traffic management systems for managing customer traffic and routing customers who have made food-only purchases and customers who have purchased both a food item and a carwash service. In some examples, graphical user interfaces incorporated in point of sale systems display time predictions for the delivery of food items and carwash services to aid and encourage customer selection of both food items and carwash services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Edward T. van Breen
  • System for managing an integrated drive-through restaurant and carwash facility providing estimated wait times via a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 11443260
    Abstract: Quick service restaurants with car wash systems and traffic management systems for managing customer traffic and routing customers who have made food-only purchases and customers who have purchased both a food item and a carwash service. In some examples, graphical user interfaces incorporated in point of sale systems display time predictions for the delivery of food items and carwash services to aid and encourage customer selection of both food items and carwash services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: DBD Design Inc.
    Inventor: Edward T. van Breen