Modular pedestal for vending machines
CA 2175281 C · Owner: Machine-O-Matic Limited · Inventors: Schwarzli, Josef W.
Overview
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The invention provides a modular pedestal for a bank of vending machines, comprising a plurality of pedestal modules onto which each vending machine is mounted. Each pedestal module has a plurality of connecting posts disposed adjacent to edges of the top face at selected positions so that when pedestal, modules are placed side-by-side at least one post on the pedestal module is adjacent to at least one post on an adjacent pedestal module. A connecting member havinga plurality of openings spaced apart a distance approximating the spacing between adjacent posts of the adjacent pedestal modules is placed over the adjacent, connecting posts to connect the modules together and retained in …
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- Filed April 29, 1996 and granted October 16, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 29, 2016.
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