ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,822, issued on April 1, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Storable griddle-grill" was invented by Eber Elias Mendes de Oliveira (Santa Catarina, Brazil), Ivana Helena Grochowicz (Santa Catarina, Brazil), Lucas Borba de Melo (Santa Catarina, Brazil), Pedro Augusto Barbosa Santos (Santa Catarina, Brazil) and Maiara Pereira Westarb (Santa Catarina, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating surface is rotatably coupled to an appliance such that it can be rotated between a use position and a stored position. The heating surface includes a grease container that collects grease and other material from the cookin...