US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Aug. 11 for "Cooktop cleanable grates" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,265, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Cooktop cleanable grates" was invented by Kalie N. Collins (St. Joseph, Mich.), Paul J. Neuman (St. Joseph, Mich.), Binesh R. Pillai (Navi Mumbai, India), Akhil Haribhau Wankhede (Pune, India) and Jyoti Ashok Falke (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance includes a cooktop, a grate including a shaft, and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly defines an opening having a rotation section and a lock section that receives the shaft. The shaft is moveable with respect to the rotation section between a cooking position where the grate is...