US Patent Issued to WHIRLPOOL on Oct. 27 for "Cooktop with integrated griddle" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,816, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Cooktop with integrated griddle" was invented by Daniel Fernando De Borba (Joinville, Brazil) and Santiago J. Ospina (Joinville, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooktop, or system for cooking a food item, such as over a burner, includes a grate for positioning cooking products, such as pots and pans, over the burner to heat the food items within the cooking products. The grate can be pivotable between a down position and an up position, wherein the grate is positioned over the burner in the down position and pivoted away from the burner in the up...