US Patent Issued to The Heil on June 10 for "Refuse container identification using parcel data" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,446, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Heil Co. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

"Refuse container identification using parcel data" was invented by Anthony Romano (Havertown, Pa.) and Michael Dean Geary (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for correlating entity identification information with refuse containers being serviced by a refuse collection vehicle (RCV). Location data can be collected by location sensor(s) on the RCV at a time when a triggering condition is present, such as a time when a lift arm is operating to empty a refuse container into the hopper of the RCV. The location data can be provided as i...