Building system for vehicular access delivery-only restaurant and retail services
Inactive Publication Date: 2020-11-19
CHARFAUROS CODY
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The present invention is a system and method for creating a building and site plan that is designed to accommodate delivery-only services for restaurants, retailers, and package systems. The building has multiple service access points for efficient delivery and includes options for a multi-unit building or a single-unit building with multiple service access points. The systems and methods enable rapid re-tenanting of uses, a efficient vehicular ingress / egress / circulation pattern, and enhanced delivery experiences for customers. The technical effects of the invention include improved delivery experiences for customers and improved efficiency for delivery-only services.
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The recent prevalence and popularity of online ordering has caused retailers to adapt their customer areas to accommodate delivery pickup, at additional costs for tenant improvements.
These changes are often made to the detriment of either the existing drive-thru operations or the in-person patronage in the front of house, since more space in the forms of check-out, pick-up areas and parking must be dedicated to delivery services and delivery staff members must enter / exit the premises disturbing in-house patrons.
Ordering systems have become more complex especially for kitchens that serve both a retail menu and a totally separate menu for online-only ordering, leading to order mistakes, food line inefficiency, and service delays.
Additionally, while sales have increased for both retail sales and food with online ordering and delivery, the delivery service providers often take a sizable cut of the sales as their fee for bringing in new sales and to provide delivery services, with the potential to cause additional financial stress on already-thin margin food service and retail operations.
While this is desirable for traditional retail locations, delivery service providers often compete for space within already crowded retail parking areas and efficient ingress and egress is seldom found during peak meal times, further cannibalizing in-person sales.
Another key challenge to online food and soft goods delivery is ensuring maximum efficiency in connecting the patron's final delivery location, the order prep location, and an available delivery driver, who often may have multiple scheduled deliveries on a given route.
This problem is further complicated by the fact that many delivery drivers are independent contractors working for one or more online ordering systems (such as Amazon, GrubHub, PostMates, UBEReats, etc), each with exclusive or semi-exclusive access to retail brands and food brands on their platforms.
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[0045]The novel features of the present disclosure will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon examination of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment or can be learned by practice of the present disclosure. However, the detailed description of the preferred embodiment and the specific examples presented, while indicating certain embodiments of the present disclosure, are provided for illustration purposes only and do not limit the scope of the present disclosure as various modifications within the spirit and scope of the disclosure will become apparent to those of skill in the art from the detailed description, drawings and claims that follow. As used herein, the term “and / or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. As used herein, the singular forms of “a,”“an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well as the singular forms, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further und...
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A vehicle-oriented building and lot site is provided to accommodate delivery-only services for caterers, restaurants, retailers, e-retailers and package systems. A building having multiple service access points in the form of service windows, service doors, and the like can be placed on a site such that vehicular traffic can be directed to one of multiple service access points within a dedicated service area while allowing for a continuous flow of ingress and egress traffic for other delivery vehicles. Each service window or door within the dedicated service area can be marked by signage in human and machine-readable forms using a combination of words and symbols such as QR codes. Each discrete unit can be built for a specific operator, such as a quick service restaurant or goods storehouse, and is placed adjacent to a dedicated service and loading area.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This Application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 817,622, “BUILDING SYSTEM FOR VEHICULAR ACCESS DELIVERY-ONLY RESTAURANT AND RETAIL SERVICES” filed Mar. 13, 2019 which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety as if fully set forth below.BACKGROUND[0002]The present disclosure relates to building, parking, and driveway structures. More particularly, the disclosure relates to multi-unit commercial building structures and drive through access building structures.[0003]There has been a recent interest in so-called “last mile” services for delivery of retail goods to homes and businesses both in online retail sales and in traditional restaurants for food delivery. Amazon, Target, Walmart, grocery chains and others have begun to offer direct delivery services to homes and businesses, sometimes centered on augmenting their retail locations for pickup and drop off of goods an...
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Login to View More IPC IPC(8): E04H1/00E04B1/348E01F3/00E04H3/02
CPCE04H3/02E04H1/005E04B1/34869E01F3/00E04H6/10E04H14/00
InventorCHARFAUROS, CODY
OwnerCHARFAUROS CODY