ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,109, issued on July 8, was assigned to The Heil Co. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
"Video display for refuse collection" was invented by John Forrest Smith (Fort Payne, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse collection vehicle includes a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, a lift arm coupled to the grabber and operable to raise and lower the grabber, a camera that is arranged to generate video data of a scene external to the refuse collection vehicle, and a semi-transparent display device configured to display the video data generated by the camera, wherein the semi-transparent display is positioned within a forward li...