The invention relates to the area of vending technologies, in particular to the vending apparatuses, that can be installed in passenger carrying vehicles, as well as to the means and methods of vending using such apparatuses that enable automated sales of items, including the sales happening during ride-hailing, ridesharing, an autonomous taxi ride and use of a public transportation. Technical result achieved when the claimed group of inventions used is in increasing safety and integrity of the vending system, that is installed in a vehicle and used by both a passenger and a driver (or by a supplier, an independent vending service provider), while maintaining both the reliability of the system elements and the ergonomics of the vehicle interior. Thus claimed result is achieved by realization of the vending apparatus tailored to be placeable in a vehicle cabin as a removable transformable medium for storing and selling items, that contains the flat base, to which the plurality of the storage partitions is attached to, with individual access to each partition's content, and at least one closure element for the set of storage partitions that secures at least one partition by reversable fastening of its edge to the flat base, as well as the access-management devices associated with the a closure element, which perform functions of a sensor and/or a lock and/or a locking-sensor, connected with at least one board controller that manages the aforementioned devices of the vending apparatus's with the capability of data or signals exchange. The system for vending items in a vehicle cabin includes at least one vending apparatus described above, personal computing devices of a user and/or a supplier, equipped with installed software program enabling data exchange with the databases of the vending system, as well as a means of identifying a specific vending apparatus and/or a specific user that is to use it. The apparatus claimed, as well as the vending system based on it, are characterized by a high degree of ergonomics and transformability, as well as modularity of elements, which enable ease of transportability of the vending apparatuses or its elements, high level of safety and integrity of the vending system operation from each participant's side (a user and a driver or a vending service supplier).


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    Title :

    VENDING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VENDING ITEMS IN A VEHICLE



    Publication date :

    2024-10-10


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet / B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / G07F Selbstkassierende und ähnliche Geräte , COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS



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