US Patent Issued to 24/7 PIZZA BOX on Oct. 7 for "Vending machine and opening systems and methods" (California, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,601, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to 24/7 PIZZA BOX LLC (Sarasota, Fla.).

"Vending machine and opening systems and methods" was invented by Peter Mayhew (Corona, Calif.) and David Chessler (Sarasota, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vending machine system adapted to open and prepare a contained food item. The system includes a cabinet, a rack frame supported relative to the cabinet, a shelf coupled to the rack frame and configured to support a contained food item, a lid removal apparatus supported relative to the rack frame, and a food item actuator supported relative to the rack frame. The cabinet includes a refrigerated compa...