ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,998, issued on June 2, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Water detection system and method for an indoor smoker" was invented by Daniel Carballo (Louisville, Ky.) and Steven Fox (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indoor smoker includes a smoking chamber positioned within a cabinet, a smoke generating assembly configured for selectively smoldering combustible material to create a flow of smoke, wherein the combustible material is discharged through a discharge port, and a water extinguishing assembly. The water extinguishing assembly includes a container docking station positioned be...