ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,903, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Lab2Fab LLC (Fremont, Calif.).
"Automated frozen goods dispenser" was invented by Samuel Lewis Tanaka (San Leandro, Calif.), Cory David Lent (Campbell, Calif.) and John Paul Norman (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods are presented herein for dispensing a frozen food item from storage. A food dispensing apparatus comprises a food storage cabinet, a plurality of storage bins within the cabinet, and a plurality of actuators corresponds to the plurality of storage bins. The food storage cabinet is configured to maintain a plurality of consumable items ...