ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,955, issued on July 15, was assigned to WASTE HARMONICS LLC (Victor, N.Y.).
"Monitoring fullness of containers" was invented by Michael Hess (Canandaigua, N.Y.) and Michael Roy (Webster, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waste container monitoring system may include a monitoring device configured to be positioned in a waste container, a remote processing system, and sensors to monitor conditions of the container. A communication connection communicates the one or more conditions to the remote processing system. A waste compactor monitoring system may include a monitoring assembly having a hub device and one or more sensors connec...