ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,719, issued on April 8.
"Dump system" was invented by Samuel J. Schell (Champion, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material handling system for lifting and dumping material into a container. Material handling systems for lifting and dumping material into a container are described herein which, in some embodiments, comprise at least one horizontal rail connected to the container, at least one vertical track slidably mounted to the horizontal rail, the vertical track defining a generally vertically extending lower portion and a curved upper portion transitioning into the generally vertically extending lower portion, a holder, the h...