ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,168, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).
"Single opening vent for steam air fryer" was invented by Roger Neil Jackson (Cornwall, Great Britain), Oliver Thomas Joyce (London), Nicholas Christo (Mansfield, Mass.) and Adam Garland (Wakefield, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking system is provided. The cooking system includes a housing, a lid, a heating element, a vent tube, and a piston. The housing has a hollow interior. The lid is movable relative to the housing, where the lid and housing cooperate to form a cooking chamber. The heating element is mounted within the lid. The vent tube...