US Patent Issued on Aug. 18 for "Cleaning device for cooking surface and method" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,245, issued on Aug. 18.

"Cleaning device for cooking surface and method" was invented by George P. Grotlisch (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cleaning devices for cooking surfaces and methods for their use. Such a cleaning device has an absorbent pad configured to absorb residual liquid food products such as a liquid cooking grease and/or oil, a heat shield attached to one side of the absorbent pad, and a foldable handle attached to an opposite side of the heat shield. The foldable handle includes a base portion secured to the heat shield and a gripping portion that is not secured to the heat shield so that the gripping p...