Patent ID: 8104206

Claim:
A signage retrofit kit for a vending machine, comprising: a sign having a front side visible by a customer of the vending machine and a rear side facing the vending machine, the sign being attachable to a front portion of the vending machine and having at least one window portion through which an item located on the rear side of the sign can be viewed from the front side of the sign, the window portion being spaced apart from position of a product identification window of a selection panel existing on the vending machine prior to retrofit and having a size greater than a size of the selection panel product identification window; a holder constructed and arranged to be attached solely to the rear side of the sign and supported solely by the sign, the holder also constructed and arranged to hold a remote product identifier such that the remote product identifier is viewable from the front side through the window portion of the sign, the remote prOduct identifier also having a size greater than the size of the selection panel product identification window, wherein a plurality of such remote product identifiers are held on the sign by at least one such holder; and a plurality of switches attached to the sign, each associated with a remote product identifier and operatively connectable to existing circuitry of the vending machine such that manipulation of a switch can trigger a vend cycle for a product associated with the associated remote product identifier.