US Patent Issued to Walmart Apollo on July 8 for "Outdoor griddle" (Arkansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,838, issued on July 8, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"Outdoor griddle" was invented by Zachary Springer (Bentonville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outdoor griddle including a housing, a cooking surface, a drip drawer, and a heat source assembly. The cooking surface has a rectangular shape and is coupled within the housing. The cooking surface includes: a planar top portion; a front edge proximal to a griddle cook position; a back edge distal to the griddle cook position; a left side edge to the left of the griddle cook position; a right side edge to the right of the griddle cook position; a right-si...