ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,405, issued on March 18, was assigned to Farm Robotics and Automation SL (Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain).
"Weighing of animals" was invented by Heiner Lehr (Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for monitoring the weight of animals in an animal housing facility including a support surface configured so that at least one of the animals can stand on the support surface, a force sensor, attached to the support surface, for measuring a force indicative of a weight of the animal on the support surface, a rail system actuator for suspending the device from a rail or track of a rail system and propell...