US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Jan. 13 for "Ware rack for supporting wares and related warewash machine and methods" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,991, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Ware rack for supporting wares and related warewash machine and methods" was invented by Steven H. Kramer (Osgood, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ware rack for holding wares, such as long trays, to be washed includes a wire form unit configured with multiple tray loading stations. At least one tray loading station includes: an upper wire support extending laterally in a first rack direction from one side toward an opposite side of the rack; a first lower wire support extending laterally in the first direction and at a height that is lower than ...