US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Aug. 11 for "Portable cooking apparatus" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,286, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Portable cooking apparatus" was invented by Stephen Gillette (Worthing, Great Britain) and Michal Holcer (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking apparatus includes a center section having a first longitudinal side opposite a second longitudinal side and a first lateral side opposite a second lateral side. The center section includes a cooktop and is hingedly coupled to a first leaf foldable at the first longitudinal side of the center section and a second leaf foldable at the second longitudinal side of the center section. The...