US Patent Issued to IPH on Aug. 26 for "Method and apparatus to provide an integrated unified heat source for chafing dishes" (Texas, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,210, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to IPH LLC (Mesquite, Texas).

"Method and apparatus to provide an integrated unified heat source for chafing dishes" was invented by John A. Fee (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Luis Perez (Mesquite, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chafing dish heating apparatus including an electrical heating pad configured to be placed within a chafing dish receptacle and connectable to a power source; a receptacle reflector configured to receive the chafing dish receptacle; a receptacle insulator configured to receive the receptacle reflector; a lid reflector configured to receive a chafing dish lid; a lid insulat...