ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,390, issued on July 8, was assigned to simplehuman LLC (Torrance, Calif.).
"Containers with multiple sensors" was invented by Frank Yang (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), David Wolbert (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Guy Cohen (Marina Del Rey, Calif.) and Bryce Wilkins (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trashcan assembly can include a body portion, a lid portion pivotably coupled with the body portion, and a sensor assembly configured to generate a signal when an object is detected within a sensing region. The sensor assembly can include a plurality of transmitters having a first subset of transmitters and a second subset of transm...