US Patent Issued to BREVILLE on Oct. 20 for "Toaster with bread lift mechanism" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,722, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to BREVILLE PTY Ltd. (Alexandria, Australia).

"Toaster with bread lift mechanism" was invented by Duncan Bruce Hellmers (Alexandria, Australia), Johnson Thie (Alexandria, Australia) and Stephen John McClean (Alexandria, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed herein a toaster (2) for toasting bread or other food, the toaster (2) comprising: a body (4) having an upward facing slot (6) to receive a slice of bread or a food to be toasted; a carriage (16) mounted in the body beneath the slot (6) to receive a slice of bread, the carriage (16) being movable between an elevated positi...