ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,174, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Advanced Custom Engineered Systems & Equipment Co. (Naperville, Ill.).
"Method for deploying large numbers of waste containers in a waste collection system" was invented by Christopher Flood (Carol Stream, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of redeploying waste containers in a waste collection system with an active or passive signal means requires a user to aim an optical character recognition reader at a waste container comprising a unique optical waste container identifier. The optical character recognition reader reads unique waste container optical identifier. The unique waste con...