| 摘要 |
2055501 9013099 PCTABS00002 A binocular vending apparatus (2) for attachment to a structure, preferably a seat bottom (5), a seat back (8) or a pedestal (7), is provided. The vending apparatus includes a pair of binoculars (20), a housing (10) for removably retaining said pair of binoculars, and a mounting plate (26) which is attachable to the structure, wherein the housing is mountable to the mounting plate when the mounting plate is attached to the structure. The vending apparatus preferably includes an elongated tether (24) connected to the housing and also to the binoculars such that the binoculars are tethered to the housing. The vending apparatus preferably includes a binocular vending machine operated by magnetic tokens (34). A banking device (100) for collecting vending apparatus operating tokens is also provided. Methods of vending binoculars, providing binoculars for patrons in spectator facilities, and collecting vending apparatus operating tokens are also provided.
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