US Patent Issued to The Heil on Aug. 26 for "Rear loading refuse vehicle with a modular packer" (Alabama, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,988, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to The Heil Co. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

"Rear loading refuse vehicle with a modular packer" was invented by Michael Shane Peek (Pisgah, Ala.), Mark Fraas (Centre, Ala.) and Tapankumar Pandya (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear loading refuse vehicle includes a tailgate coupled to a rearward end of the body. The tailgate includes a modular refuse packing assembly removably mounted therein and configured to compact refuse received in a hopper into a storage chamber located in the body. The modular refuse packing assembly may include a frame supporting an actuator and a blade. The...