ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,781, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Shenzhen Zhimei Lianchuang Technology Co. LTD (Shenzhen, China).

"Multifunctional rechargeable heat preservation lunch box" was invented by Xiaodong Wang (Nanchong, China), Xiaojiang Tan (Chongqing, China) and Hu Peng (Bijie, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a multifunctional rechargeable heat preservation lunch box, including an inner box, an outer box, a rice basin, and an upper cover, where the inner box is fixed on the outer box, the rice basin is placed in the inner box, and the upper cover and the inner box are detachably mounted; a battery is arranged ...