Patent ID: 11954983
Assignee: nan
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A recycled golf ball vending machine, comprising:
an upstanding vending machine comprising a housing having a bottom retrieval chamber, the housing comprising a front transparent display window, the upstanding vending machine comprising a plurality of shelves disposed above said retrieval chamber within said housing, wherein each shelf of the plurality of shelves comprises at least two opposing coiled wires disposed above each shelf, each coiled wire of the at least two opposing coiled wires having a respective horizontal axis around which the respective coiled wire is adapted to rotate at the option of a user;
a first transparent clamshell container comprising a first predetermined number of recycled golf balls, the first clamshell container positioned between the at least two opposing coiled wires of a first shelf of the plurality of shelves, wherein the first predetermined number of recycled golf balls comprises a first plurality of different brands of recycled golf balls;
a second transparent clamshell container comprising a second predetermined number of recycled golf balls, the second clamshell container positioned between the at least two coiled opposing wires of a second shelf of the plurality of shelves, the second predetermined number of recycled golf balls less than the first predetermined number of recycled golf balls; and
a payment mechanism in electronic communication with an instruction mechanism, the instruction mechanism in electronic communication with the at least two coiled wires, the payment mechanism adapted to activate the instruction mechanism upon a receipt of a payment by a user, the instruction mechanism adapted to rotate the at least two coiled wires upon a receipt of an instruction by a user, wherein said rotation conveys the first transparent clamshell container or the second clamshell container, at the instruction of the user, horizontally along the respective first shelf or second shelf until said first transparent clamshell container or said second clamshell container slides over a front edge of the respective first shelf or second shelf and drops into the retrieval chamber.