ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,258, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BREVILLE PTY Ltd. (Nsw, Australia).
"Kitchen device having a magnetometer" was invented by Stephen John McClean (Alexandria, Australia), Eddie Siu (Alexandria, Australia), Garth Ryan (Alexandria, Australia), Duncan Bruce Hellmers (Alexandria, Australia), Johnson Thie (Alexandria, Australia) and Richard Lehonde Hoare (Alexandria, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kitchen device (100) having: a base (110) with a coupling (120) for receiving an accessory (130), the accessory (130) comprising a magnet and being configured for performing an operation when operated by the kitchen device (100...