ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,869, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Lawnmower collection vessel fill indicator assemblies" was invented by Alex Field (Atlanta), Eli Tiemann (Atlanta), Joshua Shafran (Atlanta), Maxwell Koerner (Atlanta), Phillip Holloway (Atlanta) and Samuel Kiley (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Collection vessel fill-indicator assemblies and mowers with collection vessel fill-indicator assemblies are provided. A collection vessel fill-indicator assembly includes a capacitance element configured to be disposed adjacent to a collection vessel of a mower to detect a fill state of the collection vesse...