ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,860, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HITCH FIRE INC. (Soquel, Calif.).

"Adaptable trailer-hitch mounted grill system" was invented by Evan Michael Currid (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Jared Ryan Naito (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Marco Antonio Jose Vanella (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Peter Anthony Ducato (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hitch-mountable grill and swing arm system is described. In an example implementation, the system may include a grill body including a hood and a base, a swing arm system, and an accessory mounting point connected with the swing arm system that may mount an accessory to the swing arm syste...