Patents by Inventor Howard J. Frantz

Howard J. Frantz 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).

  • Computerized method and system for fulfillment of an itemized food order from a quick-service restaurant menu
    Patent number: 5937386
    Abstract: This present invention comprises an apparatus and method for checking the accuracy of a customer's food order when ordering food to go from a quick-service restaurant. This is done by checking the contents of a bagged order by means of a weight check of the total weight of the bagged order so as to determine the correct order and/or contents thereof prior to the customer leaving the quick service restaurant. Accordingly, the order is logged into a computer system that is programmed to check the contents of the order by means of weighing the total items packaged in the bag, whereby the restaurant employee is alerted when the bagged order is either overweight or underweight with respect to the actual predetermined weight of the total items ordered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventor: Howard J. Frantz