US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Jan. 20 for "Electrically insulated metal rack to optimize cooking performance and prevent arcing" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,389, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Electrically insulated metal rack to optimize cooking performance and prevent arcing" was invented by Marco Carcano (Senago, Italy), Michele Sclocchi (San Donato Milanese, Italy), Andrea Baccara (Chicago) and Michele Gentile (Jesi, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven may include a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, at least a pair of rack supports disposed at opposing sidewalls of the cooking chamber, a rack configured to support the food product responsive to placement of the rack on the rack supports, a rack interface ins...