US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Feb. 10 for "Dishwasher with a dish rack" (Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,922, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Dishwasher with a dish rack" was invented by Mark S. Feddema (Kalamazoo, Mich.), William J. Snell (Elkhart, Ind.), Sachie Kakehi (St. Joseph, Mich.), Steven B. Balinski (Rockford, Minn.), David Jason Brightbill (Berrien Center, Mich.), Joseph T. Ferencevich (St. Joseph, Mich.), Sujit S. Naik (St. Joseph, Mich.), Frederick Thomas Roderick (Coloma, Mich.) and Ryan Kevin Roth (Grandville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher includes a tub that defines a dish treating chamber. A first lower dish rack and a second lower dish rack are located in ...