ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,782, issued on March 24, was assigned to PAR Excellence Systems Inc. (Cincinnati).

"High density basket scales and systems using the same" was invented by Thomas J. Kochan II (Brighton, Mich.), Stanley S. Copeland (Saint Louisville, Ohio) and Thaddeus MacKrell (Gross Pointe City, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a basket scale assembly, the basket scale assembly including a cable management assembly and a scale. The cable management assembly includes a cable chain assembly, a rail clip attached to the cable chain assembly, a cable track assembly attached to the cable chain assembly, a bottom atta...