ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,838, issued on March 25.

"Barbecue cooker supporting structure with lifting base" was invented by Fu-Du Feng (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barbecue cooker supporting structure with a lifting base includes a frame, a lifting mechanism, and a barbecue cooker support. The lifting mechanism has a spiral guide rod with a first toothed disc, a rotating shaft configured to rotate the first toothed disc via a second toothed disc, and a sliding member configured to slide upward or downward when the spiral guide rod is rotated. The barbecue cooker support is configured to move along with the sliding member and has supportin...