US Patent Issued to Phase II Enterprises on Nov. 3 for "Method and apparatus for translating dumpsters" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,074, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Phase II Enterprises Inc. (Canton, Ohio).

"Method and apparatus for translating dumpsters" was invented by Richard Marino (Canton, Ohio), Steffon L. Hoppel (Louisville, Ohio) and Gary Karlen (Minerva, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and methods for translating a cable-specific roll-off dumpster onto a vehicle. The method includes steps of positioning the vehicle proximate to the one of the cable-specific roll-off dumpster and the hook-specific roll-off dumpster; selecting one of a hook member of a hook lift system and a tow ring of an assembly, wherein the hook lift system is operabl...