ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,329, issued on April 8, was assigned to Proud Grill Co. Ltd. (King City, Canada).
"Grill basket" was invented by Paul Cira (Toronto) and Bartek Zalewski (Richmond Hill, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grill basket including a basket portion having a bottom with sides extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom. A handle is removably engageable with one of a plurality of engagement assemblies that are provided on different sides of the basket portion. The handle is selectively engaged with different engagement assemblies in order to change the orientation in which the grill basket is able to be used. The grill basket further in...