ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,141, issued on Nov. 3.

"Pizza peel apparatus" was invented by Zef Vushaj (Bronx, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pizza peel apparatus includes an elongate handle, a planar head having a top surface, and a channel. The planar head extends from the elongate handle and includes multiple elongate bars such that a first edge of one elongate bar is coupled to a second edge of an adjacent elongate bar. The channel is disposed within the elongate handle and extends into the planar head. One or more branches extends away from the channel within the planar head. An opening in the top surface is in fluid communication with the channel and/...