ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,216, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DUKE MANUFACTURING Co. (St. Louis).
"Food holding apparatus" was invented by James W. Bigott (Fenton, Mo.), Benjamin Kingbay Wann (St. Louis), Thomas Earl Kieffer (St. Louis), Jeffrey Allen Stafford (St. Louis) and Alan Stolzman (Robertsville, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food holding apparatus and associated components and methods. The food holding apparatus includes multiple food receivers configured to be independently controlled to heat or cool food received therein. The food holding apparatus includes a refrigeration system. Components of the refrigeration system are mounted on a s...