ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,534, issued on July 8.
"Portable food preparation assembly" was invented by Gerry Black (Ulysses, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable food preparation assembly for storing and subsequently cooking food items includes a lunchbox that has a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment is defined by a thermally insulating material to store food items and ice for cooling the food items. A microwave oven is integrated into the lunchbox for directing microwave energy into the second compartment to cook food items positioned in the second compartment."
The patent was filed on Jan. 24, 2022, under Application ...