US Patent Issued to Little Caesar Enterprises on Oct. 7 for "System and method for managing the delivery of a food product" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,257, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. (Detroit).

"System and method for managing the delivery of a food product" was invented by Kent A. Deemter (Hudsonville, Mich.), R. William Kneifel II (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Matthew Omlor (Holt, Mich.), Rick Moreno (Detroit), David Scrivano (South Lyon, Mich.) and Dana Tilley (Detroit).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food locker includes a housing, a food support member, a first door, a second door, and a lock. The housing includes a front wall a front wall, a rear wall, and a chamber. The front wall includes a first opening in communication with the chamber. The...