Shaun F Garber

20120043345, Feb 23, 2012

Mar 18, 2010

13/257149

Shaun F. Garber - New York NY, US
Vladimir Shaposhnikov - Brooklyn NY, US

U.S.A. Vendicab Corp. - Long Island City NY

B65D 83/00
B60H 1/32
F25D 23/00

221150 R, 62244

A refrigerated vending system for installation in a taxi cab is provided. The taxi cab has a driver area, a front passenger chair, a divider, and a rear passenger salon. The front passenger chair has a surface facing the rear passenger salon. The system of the invention adds a housing having an interior compartment configured to include at least a plurality of items therein and an exterior structurally adapted to seat against the surface of the front passenger chair that faces the rear passenger salon and proximal to the divider. A refrigerator is operative to cool the interior compartment of the housing. A vending control system is operative to respond to an actuation by dispensing one of the plurality of items from the interior compartment for access within the rear passenger salon. The housing so provided can be accommodated while optimally preserving the driver area and the rear passenger salon.

20130297463, Nov 7, 2013

May 7, 2012

13/465813

Shaun F. Garber - New York NY, US

U.S.A. Vendicab Corp. - Long Island City NY

G06Q 10/08

705 28

A system and method for managing inventory levels in mobile vending machines is disclosed. Mobile vending machines, such as those located in passenger vehicles for hire, change their location as a result of the passenger vehicle for fire driving to and from passenger destinations. The present system provides for monitoring the inventory levels of the vending machine, the distance from an inventory replenishment depot, and whether or not the vehicle currently has a fare. The system can direct vehicle's driver to proceed to a replenishment depot if the distance and inventory levels are within a threshold and the vehicle does not currently have a fare. The vending machine inventory can be replenished via the use of cartridges preloaded with inventory.

20110071669, Mar 24, 2011

Sep 17, 2010

12/884643

Shaun F. Garber - New York NY, US
Vladimir Shaposhnikov - Brooklyn NY, US

U.S.A. VENDICAB CORP. - Long Island City NY

G06F 17/00
B65D 83/00

700232, 700231

A vending machine and associated control system in support of vending one or more items to a passenger in a rear passenger salon of a taxicab includes a computer having a processor and memory and a display arranged for viewing by the passenger. Code modules execute in the processor and provide interactive selection controls on at least a portion of the display. The passenger can cause an item to be vended from a remotely-located machine by interacting with the selection controls. One code module communicates vended item cost information to another module for inclusion in a calculation of a total fare for the taxicab ride and any vended items. The vending machine is preferably located in the taxicab trunk and is arranged to deliver items into the passenger salon through a rear deck of the taxicab. The vending machine can be refrigerated using, in part, the taxicab's air-conditioning system.