ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,330, issued on April 8, was assigned to North Atlantic Imports LLC (Logan, Utah).

"Griddle cooking station and method thereof" was invented by James C. Bush III (Providence, Utah), Gary E. Graham (Hyde Park, Utah), Steve L. Puertas (Wellsville, Utah) and Michael R. Giebel (Joplin, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of an outdoor cooking station having a main body and a griddle with a hood pivotably coupled to the griddle are provided. For safety purposes, the griddle is removably secured to an upper portion of the main body with the legs of the griddle positioned within apertures defined in an upward facing surface of the...