ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,056, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to IB APPLIANCES US HOLDINGS LLC (Chicago).
"Electric pressure cooker" was invented by Yude Han (Zhejiang, China), Jiwei Wang (Kanata, Canada) and Yi Qin (Kanata, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric pressure cooker comprises a body having outer pot and inner pot received therein and a lid covering the cooker body. The outer pot and the lid comprise matching teeth for lockingly engagement upon rotating the lid into closure. The cooker body comprises a pair of cooker handles extending outwardly from a sidewall thereof. The cooker handle comprises handgrip portion. The inner pot compris...