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US 4,901,482 AGranted
Multi-building drive through mall
OwnerCarleen L. Lockard, Thomas W. Hefleyinventors
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Abstract
A drive-through shopping establishment having multiple buildings for ordering and purchasing goods. The shopping establishment may contain vendors of related goods, such as ready-to-eat food products, which permit the motorist to purchase one or more food products from different vendors from the comfort of his vehicle.
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A multi-building shopping establishment for purchasing goods from various vendors from within a vehicle comprising:
- a plot of land with public road access thereto;
- a central complex on said plot having a plurality of discrete buildings wherein in at least one of said buildings both the ordering and the receiving of goods is accomplished, wherein an order for goods is placed at a building separate from the building at which the goods are received;
- a throughway inside the perimeter of said plot connected to said public road;
- at least one ordering lane between said complex and said throughway, connecting said building at which said order is placed with said building at which said goods are received;
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- a stack lane between said ordering said throughway for accepting additional vehicles prior to the placing of said orders for said goods.
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A multi-building shopping establishment for purchasing ready-to-eat food products from various vendors from within a vehicle comprising:
- a plot of land with public road access thereto;
- a central complex on said plot having a plurality of discrete buildings for both the ordering and receiving of ready-to-eat food products, wherein an order for said food products is placed at the building adjacent to the building at which said food products are received;
- a throughway inside the perimeter of said plot connected to said public road;
- at least one ordering lane between said complex and said throughway, connecting said building at which said order is placed with said building at which said goods are received;
- and
- a stack lane between said ordering lane and said throughway for accepting additional vehicles prior to the placing of said orders for said goods.
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