Patent ID: 6290025
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: A47F,A63H

Abstract:
A restaurant food delivery system comprising:(a) a kitchen area for food preparation;(b) seating areas for restaurant patrons, having a plurality of tables;(c) one or more model trains capable of locomotion via electrical power including a locomotive, one or more flat cars, one or more gondola cars and customized insets attachable to said flat cars or gondola cars, corresponding to a multiplicity of various sized dishes and cups making up said food orders;(d) a model train track network having track lines with sidings running from said kitchen area to said patron seating areas to permit the delivery of food orders, including a train-yard like staging area where numerous tracks converge, having a shelving system below said staging area permitting the storage and rapid deployment of said numerous customized food delivery insets to facilitate the rapid and accurate combining and loading of at least two food orders simultaneously;(e) controlling means for the accurate delivery of at least two food orders simultaneously, whereby said controlling means directs food orders to the correct patron seating area, thereby accurately delivering said food order to the correct table for patron consumption; and(f) means for accommodating numerous food orders on said model train for food delivery, having the capacity to route numerous meals to numerous tables simultaneously, including said one or more flat cars and one or more gondola cars and said customized insets attachable to said flat cars or gondola cars, corresponding to a multiplicity of various sized dishes and cups making up said food orders, whereby said food delivery trains return to said staging area without hindering other food delivery trains via said sidings.