ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,062, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BABYLISS FACO SRL (Wandre, Belgium).

"Cooking device" was invented by Pierre Julemont (Wandre, Belgium), Alain Goering (Liege, Belgium) and Aubry Ernotte (Theux, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical cooking device is disclosed, including a lower frame and an upper frame which are articulated about a pivot axis. The lower and upper frames each include: a removable cooking plate a heating resistor a peripheral heat reflection plate and a heat reflection plate for heat resistanceThe upper frame has at least one insulating plate and the lower frame has a main drip port in the lower ...