ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,700, issued on Aug. 5.

"Multifunctional air fryer" was invented by Min Yang (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the technical field of household appliances. Provided is a multifunctional air fryer. In the air fryer, when a heating tube of a heating assembly faces downwards, a pot such as a fryer is placed between the heating tube and a base, a food product is placed in the fryer, and the heating tube emits heat to fry the food product in the fryer, thereby achieving a fryer function; and since the heating assembly is rotatably connected to a rotating assembly and a supporting rod is fixedly c...