ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,000, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Marathon Equipment Co. (South Vernon, Albania).

"Bale weighing system" was invented by Bradley Michael Agoston (Fayette, Ala.), Daniel Robert Overstreet (Caledonia, Miss.) and Jeremy Wayne Woodruff (Fayette, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baling system includes a baler and an anchor. The baler includes a baler base with a laterally-extending flange; a waste container adapted to hold a quantity of material to be baled; a compression ram positioned to compress material within the waste container to form a bale; and a scale responsive to a weight of the waste container, the ram, and materia...