ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,739, issued on July 29, was assigned to Revise Products LLC (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Double-hinged food press device, system and method" was invented by Stephan Bianchi (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double-hinged food press for extruding foodstuff through a grate and operational by hand while held aloft or placed on a work surface. An upward-curved plunger handle, combined with a receiver handle designed to rest on the surface, positions the press for the operation. Rollers enable the grate to be snapped smoothly over risers into and out of recesses in the receiver without undue wear and resulting loss of integri...