ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,395, issued on May 6, was assigned to The Heil Co. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
"Refuse collection vehicle positioning" was invented by Robert B. Williams (Albertville, Ala.) and Stanley L. Maroney (Attalla, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse collection vehicle includes a fork assembly that is operable to engage one or more fork pockets of a refuse container, a lift arm that is operable to lift a refuse container, and at least one sensor that is configured to collect data indicating a position of the one or more fork pockets of the refuse container. A position of at least one of the fork assembly or the lift arm is adjusted in res...