ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,845, issued on April 1, was assigned to Breville Pty Ltd. (Alexandria, Australia).
"Cooking appliance" was invented by Michael Thorogood (Alexandria, Australia), Emma Larkin (Alexandria, Australia), Marian Silviu Rosian (Alexandria, Australia), Brendan Foxlee (Alexandria, Australia) and Vyvyan Rose (Alexandria, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance (200) including: a body (104) providing a floor (105) and a ceiling (110), with the floor (105) and ceiling (110) at least partly surrounding a cooking cavity (116), the body (104) having an opening via which product to be cooked can be moved in and out of the cookin...