Patent ID: 6467603
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
The method of replenishing a snack vendor comprising the steps of:a) unlocking a shell over the depleted tiered tray assembly, b) removing the shell, then c) removing a depleted tiered tray assembly from the snack vendor, d) collapsing the depleted tray assembly to substantially uniform level height conformation; e) procuring a replenished collapsed tiered tray assembly and an empty coin box, f) telescoping a replenished tray assembly from uniform level height conformation to a tiered conformation, g) placing the replenished tiered tray assembly in the snack vendor, h) performing the steps a), b), c), d), e), f), and g) above, thus exchanging other depleted tiered tray assemblies with another of the replenished tiered tray assemblies, i) exchanging a coin box in the vendor with the empty coin box, j) placing all removed components in the box, k) replacing the shell, l) locking the shell.