ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,881, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Healthy oven accessory" was invented by Simone Emanule Ceron (Biandronno, Italy), Nicoletta Giovanna Sinelli (Biandronno, Italy) and Luca Distaso (Biandronno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory for an oven may include a frame configured to engage with each side of the oven during use, the frame forming a pair of side supports spaced and parallel to one another and each of the pair of side supports configured to engage with a rail of the oven on the respective side of the oven, and a pair of mesh supports spaced and parallel to one another an...