ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,406, issued on April 22, was assigned to Drumblaster Technology Pty Ltd (Bundamba, Australia).

"Cleaning system" was invented by Jonathan Sweet-Kirkwood (North Melbourne, Australia) and Leon Muller (Sunbury, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning system for washing an internal surface of a container located on a vehicle, the cleaning system comprising an elongate boom with at least one nozzle located at a first end of the boom, a support assembly for supporting the boom, wherein the boom is movable with respect to the support assembly, a controller configured to control movement of the boom, and a vehicle identification s...