ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,461, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to North Atlantic Imports LLC (Logan, Utah).

"Cooking system including wind guard device and method thereof" was invented by Gary E. Graham (Hyde Park, Utah), James C. Bush III (Providence, Utah), Jared M. Smith (Paradise, Utah) and Alexander J. Christensen (Logan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking system configured to minimize cross-winds while cooking a food product. The cooking system includes a cooking station, a griddle and a wind guard. The wind guard extends to define a barrier portion and an engaging portion, the engaging portion coupled to legs of the griddle so that, upon t...