ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,306, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Bradley Co. LLC (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).
"Disposal unit and indicator system therefor" was invented by Zeljko Nikolic (Mequon, Wis.) and Mark A. Meyer (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposal unit includes a housing surrounding a cavity and an indication slot formed in the housing. An indicator system is mounted within the housing and includes an indicator arm movable between a start point not aligned with the indication slot and an end point aligned with the indication slot. When the indicator arm is in the start position, the indicator arm is configured to transition f...