ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,755, issued on July 29.
"Roasting tool" was invented by Jeffrey J. Smith (Weedsport, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable roasting tool is configured to hold a quantity of sausages or other food items over a campfire or similar fire. The tool has a hollow tubular main handle with an extendible rod that slides out from it and has a meat holder, at its distal end. A swing-down articulated support leg pivots so it can clamp to the handle for travel or storage, and open down to ground to support the tool at its middle. A rotary bearing at allows the main handle and fork to be turned by hand to rotate the meat holder. The tool c...