ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,029, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GUANGDONG MIDEA CONSUMER ELECTRICS MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).
"Air fryer" was invented by Zhibo Xu (Foshan, China), Huayong Liu (Foshan, China), Zujing Du (Foshan, China), Liang Yao (Foshan, China), Huimin Wu (Foshan, China) and Fufeng Xiao (Foshan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air fryer includes a housing, in which a cooking cavity and a heating cavity are formed, the heating cavity being located behind the cooking cavity; a heating device, which is arranged in the housing to heat the cooking cavity; and a food container, which is placed inside the cooking cavity."
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