Patent ID: 8485391

Claim:
A product dispensing system comprising: (a) at least one product dispensing unit; (b) an adjustable product dispensing unit housing that may be reconfigured to house various sized product dispensing units; (c) at least one theft deterring mechanism that provides a time delay after a product is dispensed before the system will dispense a second product, wherein the time delay comprises: (i) a resistance mechanism; and (ii) a button accessible to a user and coupled to the resistance mechanism, the button having a ready position wherein activation of the button from the ready position to an activated position causes a product to be dispensed, and wherein the resistance mechanism delays the button returning to the ready position, wherein the at least one product dispensing unit comprises a plurality of product dispensing units; and (d) a door assembly comprising: (i) a front panel, (ii) a bottom panel and (iii) an upper panel, wherein when the front panel is opened, the bottom panel and the upper panel move together, blocking access to any product inside the housing.