Method and apparatus streamlining water bottle delivery
AssigneeZephyr Fluid Solutions, LLC
InventorsPatrick Wind, Tim Marshall
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Abstract
A storage rack for a plurality of water bottles, including: a plurality of shelves; a plurality of levelers each being configured to support the storage rack, each leveler of the plurality of levelers is operably coupled to one of a plurality of potentiometers that is located between the each leveler of the plurality of levelers and a portion of the storage rack, the plurality of potentiometers are operably coupled to a analog to digital converter that sums signals of the plurality of potentiometers and provides an indication of an amount of weight being supported by the storage rack, the amount of weight being associated with an amount of water bottles being supported by the storage rack.
Claims14
A storage rack for a plurality of water bottles, comprising:
- a plurality of shelves;
- a plurality of levelers each being configured to support the storage rack, each leveler of the plurality of levelers is operably coupled to one of a plurality of potentiometers that is located between the each leveler of the plurality of levelers and a portion of the storage rack, the plurality of potentiometers are operably coupled to an analog to digital converter configured to provide an indication of an amount of weight being supported by the storage rack, the amount of weight being associated with an amount of water bottles being supported by the storage rack.
A system for determining an amount of water bottles located at a retail location, comprising:
- a storage rack, the storage rack including:
- a plurality of shelves;
- a plurality of levelers each being configured to support the storage rack, each leveler of the plurality of levelers is operably coupled to one of a plurality of potentiometers that is located between the each leveler of the plurality of levelers and a portion of the storage rack, the plurality of potentiometers are operably coupled to an analog to digital converter that sums signals of the plurality of potentiometers and provides an indication of an amount of weight being supported by the storage rack, the amount of weight being associated with an amount of water bottles being supported by the storage rack;
- remote computing device operably coupled to the storage rack;
- and
- a device operably coupled to the remote computing device, the device being configured to receive a notification indicative of an approximate amount of water bottles being supported by the storage rack from the remote computing device.
A method for determining an amount of water bottles located at a retail location, comprising:
- providing a storage rack, the storage rack including:
- a plurality of shelves;
- a plurality of levelers each being configured to support the storage rack, each leveler of the plurality of levelers is operably coupled to one of a plurality of potentiometers that is located between the each leveler of the plurality of levelers and a portion of the storage rack, the plurality of potentiometers are operably coupled to an analog to digital converter that sums signals of the plurality of potentiometers and provides an indication of an amount of weight being supported by the storage rack, the amount of weight being associated with an amount of water bottles being supported by the storage rack;
- receiving by remote computing device operably coupled to the storage rack the indication of the amount of weight being supported by the storage rack;
- and
- providing a notification indicating an approximate amount of water bottles located on the storage rack to a device operably coupled to the remote computing device, the device being configured to receive the notification indicating an approximate amount of water bottles located on the storage rack from the remote computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.