ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,721, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Revolution Cooking LLC (Potomac, Md.).
"Heating assembly for cooking appliance" was invented by Philip C. Carbone (North Reading, Mass.), Peter J. Loftus (Cambridge, Mass.), Ryan O'Donnell (Ipswich, Mass.), Cody O'Sullivan (London), James Poon (Woburn, Mass.), Aurelio Reyes (Mount Dora, Fla.) and Richard Simmers (Boxford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven, has a lifting arm including ribs that form a support surface for a food product in a cooking cavity of the appliance. Each rib can include an opening configured to permit infrared radiation fr...