Flavor station assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10834939-B2
Application number	US-201816163352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2018
Priority date	Dec 12, 2016
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A flavor station assembly can be employed to dispense snow cone flavors or other types of flavoring syrups or liquids. The flavor station assembly can include one or more saucer assemblies where each saucer assembly is configured to dispense a number of flavors. Each saucer assembly can be coupled to a support assembly that is configured to pivot thereby enabling the saucer assemblies to be positioned in a desired location relative to the structure to which the support assembly is mounted.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A flavor station assembly for use on a vehicle comprising:
a mounting assembly that is configured to be secured to the vehicle;
a support assembly coupled to the mounting assembly, the support assembly being configured to selectively extend outwardly from the mounting assembly;
one or more saucer assemblies for dispensing flavoring syrup; and
a plurality of tubes, each of which is coupled to one of the one or more saucer assemblies and supported from the support assembly such that when the support assembly is extended outwardly from the mounting assembly, the tubes are positioned away from the vehicle.

2. The flavor station assembly of claim 1 , wherein the mounting assembly comprises mounting rails.

3. The flavor station assembly of claim 2 , wherein the mounting assembly comprises one or more cross members that extend between the mounting rails.

4. The flavor station assembly of claim 3 , wherein the mounting rails are configured to extend along opposing sides of a roof of the vehicle and the one or more cross members are configured to extend across the roof.

5. The flavor station assembly of claim 1 , wherein the support assembly is coupled to the mounting assembly via a pivoting connection.

6. The flavor station assembly of claim 5 , wherein the support assembly includes a horizontal arm having a first end that is coupled to the mounting assembly via the pivoting connection.

7. The flavor station assembly of claim 6 , wherein the support assembly includes at least one vertical arm that is coupled to the horizontal arm.

8. The flavor station assembly of claim 7 , wherein the at least one vertical arm extends downwardly from the horizontal arm.

9. The flavor station assembly of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of tubes extend at least partially within the horizontal arm.

10. The flavor station assembly of claim 1 , wherein the mounting assembly is configured to be secured to one or both of a top or a sidewall of the vehicle.

11. The flavor station assembly of claim 1 , wherein the one or more saucer assemblies comprise two saucer assemblies, and wherein the support assembly includes a horizontal arm from which each of the plurality of tubes is supported.

12. The flavor station assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tubes extend through a sidewall of the vehicle.

13. A vehicle for dispensing flavoring syrup comprising:
a support assembly that is coupled to the vehicle, the support assembly being configured to be selectively oriented in a closed position in which the support assembly is retracted towards the vehicle and an open position in which the support assembly extends outwardly away from the vehicle;
tubing that extends out from the vehicle and that is supported by the support assembly, wherein the tubing extends through a sidewall of the vehicle; and
one or more flavoring syrup dispensing assemblies that are coupled to the tubing, each flavoring syrup dispensing assembly being configured to dispense flavoring syrup contained within the tubing.

14. The vehicle of claim 13 , further comprising:
a mounting assembly that is positioned along a roof of the vehicle, the support assembly being coupled to the vehicle via the mounting assembly.

15. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the support assembly pivots between the closed position and the open position.

16. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein each of the one or more flavoring syrup dispensing assemblies comprises a saucer assembly.

17. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the vehicle is one of a truck, a van or a trailer.

18. A flavor station assembly for use on a vehicle comprising:
a mounting assembly that is configured to be secured to the vehicle;
a support assembly coupled to the mounting assembly, the support assembly including a horizontal arm that is configured to be selectively oriented between a closed position in which the horizontal arm is retracted towards the vehicle and an open position in which the support assembly extends outwardly away from the vehicle;
tubing that extends through a sidewall of the vehicle, along the horizontal arm and to one or more flavoring syrup dispensing assemblies such that the horizontal arm positions the tubing and the one or more flavoring syrup dispensing assemblies away from the vehicle when the horizontal arm is in the open position.

Assignees

• Snowie LLC

Inventors

• Rupp Carl A
• Rupp David

Classifications

• A23G9/045 Primary

  of slush-ice, e.g. semi-frozen beverage · CPC title

• A23G9/245 Primary

  for coating the products · CPC title

• B67D3/00

  Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes (separating and dispensing metered quantities of liquids G01F) · CPC title