ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,043, issued on June 3, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Kitchen apparatus and method for spiralizing a foodstuff" was invented by Albert Quinesser (Klagenfurt, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a kitchen apparatus (100) having a spiralizing mode for slicing a foodstuff into a strip or strips, and a further mode which is an alternative to the spiralizing mode. The kitchen apparatus comprises a hand held motorized drive system (102) and a foodstuff engagement tool (104). The foodstuff engagement tool engages with both the drive system and the foodstuff. The foodstuff is thus rotated by...