System and method for an interactive donation canister
AssigneeOsmond Foundation, for the Children of the World, Dba Children's Miracle Network
InventorMick Shannon
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Abstract
A canister has various locations for accepting coins or paper cash and the canister securely stores the coins and paper cash for later retrieval by a sponsor. The canister includes an entertainment device which itself includes at least two or more of a lever, step, gear, ramp, rotating wheel, loop, cup, dish, catapult, audio device, visual device, light, horn, and reflective surface. The coins traverse the entertainment device while under the influence of gravity and the coins are visible to the user during travel through the entertainment device. The canister may also include a launching ramp and a funnel which are configured to accept coins.
Claims8
An entertainment donation device including:
- a canister configured to accept and collect coins, said canister including a first end and a second end, said first end of said canister configured to accept said coins, said second end of said canister configured to collect said coins;
- an entertainment device associated with said canister, said entertainment device disposed between said first end and said second end of said canister, wherein said entertainment device includes at least two or more of a lever, step, gear, ramp, rotating wheel, loop, cup, dish, catapult, audio device, visual device, light, horn, and reflective surface;
- and,
- wherein said coins traverse said entertainment device while under the influence of gravity and said coins are visible to said user during travel through said entertainment device.
An entertainment donation device including:
- a canister configured to receive account information, said canister including a first end and a second end;
- a point of sale terminal associated with said canister, said point of sale terminal configured to accept an account number;
- an entertainment device associated with said canister, said entertainment device disposed between said first end and said second end of said canister, wherein said entertainment device includes at least two or more of a funnel, lever, step, gear, ramp, rotating wheel, loop, cup, dish, catapult, audio device, visual device, light, horn, and reflective surface;
- and,
- wherein, upon acceptance of an authorized account number, said canister facilitates traversing coins through entertainment device while under the influence of gravity and said coins are visible to said user during travel through said entertainment device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.