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US 12,511,678 B2Granted
Apparatus, system and methods of producing on-demand, personalized, single-serve food bars
AssigneeBarTendr Ventures LLC
InventorsDavid Roth, Rick Bacher
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to an apparatus, systems, and methods of producing on-demand, personalized, single-serve food bars. Specifically, the disclosure relates to systems and methods of selecting, ordering, assembling, and delivering single-portion ingredient blend cartridges for forming a personalized, single-serve food bar in a dedicated apparatus that operates in a semi-automatic manner.
Claims17
A computerized networked system for selecting and ordering a personalized, single-serve food bar formulation for a user comprising:
- a) a backend networked management server (BNMS);
- b) a database comprising a plurality of food bar formulations in communication with the BNMS;
- c) a first inventory system comprising a plurality of cartridges, each cartridge corresponding to a food bar formulation in the database in communication with the BNMS;
- d) a second inventory system comprising a plurality of ingredients, configured when combined to form the personalized, single-serve food bar;
- e) a third inventory system comprising a plurality of third-party branded recipe cartridges, each cartridge corresponding to a predetermined food bar formulation in communication with the BNMS;
- f) a networked computing device, in communication with the BNMS, the networked computing device further comprising at least one processor operably coupled to a non-transitory memory device storing thereon a computer-readable medium with a set of executable instructions, configured when executed to cause the at least one processor to form the steps of:
- i. contacting the BNMS;
- ii. selecting at least one of:
- a custom-formulated food bar from the second inventory system, and a pre-formulated food bar from at least one of:
- the first inventory system, and the third inventory system;
- and
- iii. ordering at least one of the selected food bars;
- g) an apparatus, operable to form the personalized, single-serve food bar, wherein the apparatus includes:
- a) a housing having a front opening;
- b) a chamber within the housing, accessible through the front opening;
- c) a motorized lever, operable to reciprocally translate vertically at a predetermined rate;
- d) a chuck having a cavity sized and configured to accommodate a removable mold, operably coupled to the motorized lever, wherein the chuck is operable to be temperature programmable;
- e) the removable mold, having an open apical end, sized and adapted to accommodate the cartridge, or the ingredient combination;
- f) a motorized plunger, having a base plate, operable to reciprocally translate vertically at a predetermined rate, the base plate sized and configured to be accommodated in the open apical end of the removable mold, wherein the motorized plunger is operable to partially penetrate the removable mold to a predetermined depth;
- g) a motorized ejector, operable to reciprocally translate horizontally at a predetermined rate;
- h) a motor, in electric communication with the motorized lever, the motorized plunger and the motorized ejector;
- i) a user interface;
- and
- j) a central processing module (CPM) in communication with the user interface, the chuck, and the motor, the CPM further comprising at least one processor operably coupled to a non-transitory memory device storing thereon a computer-readable medium with a set of executable instructions, configured when executed to cause the at least one processor to:
- i. receive a set of operating instructions from the user interface;
- and
- ii. using the set operating instructions, actuating the motor to selectably control each of:
- the motorized lever, the motorized plunger, and the motorized ejector.
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A computerized networked system for selecting and ordering a personalized, single-serve food bar formulation for a user comprising:
- a) a backend networked management server (BNMS);
- b) a database comprising a plurality of food bar formulations in communication with the BNMS;
- c) a first inventory system comprising a plurality of cartridges, each cartridge corresponding to a food bar formulation in the database in communication with the BNMS;
- d) a networked computing device, in communication with the BNMS, the networked computing device further comprising at least one processor operably coupled to a non-transitory memory device storing thereon a computer-readable medium with a set of executable instructions, configured when executed to cause the at least one processor to form the steps of:
- i. contacting the BNMS;
- ii. selecting at least one food bar formulation
- iii. ordering at least one of the selected food bars formulation;
- and
- e) an apparatus, operable to form the personalized, single-serve food bar, the apparatus including:
- a) a housing having a front opening;
- b) a chamber within the housing, accessible through the front opening;
- c) a motorized lever, operable to reciprocally translate vertically at a predetermined rate;
- d) a chuck having a cavity sized and configured to accommodate a removable mold,
- operably coupled to the motorized lever, wherein the chuck is operable to be temperature programmable;
- e) the removable mold, having an open apical end, sized and adapted to accommodate the cartridge, or the ingredient combination;
- f) a motorized plunger, having a base plate, operable to reciprocally translate vertically at a predetermined rate, the base plate sized and configured to be accommodated in the open apical end of the removable mold, wherein the motorized plunger is operable to partially penetrate the removable mold to a predetermined depth;
- g) a motorized ejector, operable to reciprocally translate horizontally at a predetermined rate;
- h) a motor, in electric communication with the motorized lever, the motorized plunger and the motorized ejector;
- i) a user interface;
- j) a networked communication module, in communication with the BNMS and a central processing module (CPM);
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- k) the CPM in communication with the user interface, the chuck, and the motor, the CPM further comprising at least one processor operably coupled to a non-transitory memory device storing thereon a computer-readable medium with a set of executable instructions, configured when executed to cause the at least one processor to:
- i. receive a set of operating instructions from the user interface;
- and
- ii. using the set operating instructions, actuating the motor to selectably control each of:
- the motorized lever, the motorized plunger, and the motorized ejector to form the personalized, single-serve food bar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.