ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,744, issued on March 11, was assigned to W.C. Bradley Co. (Columbus, Ga.).
"Indexed vent for natural draft cooking devices" was invented by Anthony Hamilton (Hamilton, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opening is defined in a wall, the opening defining a plurality detents along a lower edge thereof. A vent cover affixed to the outer wall such that the vent cover is rotatable to cover and uncover the opening. An indexing mechanism selectively fits into each of the plurality of detents and retain the vent cover from rotation."
The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 2021, under Application No. 17/556,410.
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