Drive-thru system and method

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2011-03-01

2011-03-01

Chilcot, Jr., Richard E (Department: 3635)

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

With traffic-guiding feature

C052S176000, C052S175000, C052S033000, C186S041000, C186S036000, C186S037000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07895797

ABSTRACT:
A vehicular drive-thru food ordering and delivering system and method are provided. The system includes a lot, a drive-thru lane and a building for receiving and filling drive-thru orders. The building has a primary food delivery window for passing ready orders to drive-thru customers, and a downstream in-line parking area for drive-thru vehicles having a delayed order. Proximate to and downstream from the primary food delivery window is a doorway for attendant access from the primary food delivery window to the downstream in-line parking area. An attendant runway is proximate and downstream of the doorway and proximate to the in-line vehicle waiting area. A customer with a delayed order can be directed to wait in the downstream in-line waiting area. When the delayed order is ready for delivery, an attendant can deliver the ready order via the proximate doorway and proximate attendant runway to a vehicle waiting in the in-line vehicle waiting area.

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