ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,591, issued on July 29.
"Bread maker with collapsible container" was invented by Jun Chen (Guangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bread maker includes a base having an accommodating cavity and a heating plate, a heating element, and a collapsible container. The collapsible container includes a body assembly detachably supported on the heating plate. The body assembly includes a plurality of boundary panels, wherein each of the boundary panels foldably connected to two of the adjacent boundary panels so to move between an unfolded position and a folded position, wherein in the unfolded position, the boundary panels are exte...