ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,811, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SPARKLING BINS LLC (Doral, Fla.).

"Side-mounted garbage bin cleaning system" was invented by John Conway (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle mounted garbage bin cleaning system including power takeoff includes a pair of arms configured for lifting a garbage bin, the arms rotatably coupled to a mount on a side of a vehicle, a hopper configured for accepting the garbage bin when the arms lift the garbage bin into the hopper, a spray rod extending upwards from the hopper and that sprays a water jet to clean an interior of the garbage bin, a spray rod extending upwards from the hopper a...