US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Feb. 25 for "Dishwasher with a dish rack" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,681, issued on Feb. 25, 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.) and Sachie Kakehi (St. Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic dishwasher configured to implement an automatic treating cycle of operation. The automatic dishwasher having a tub and a dish rack located within the dish treating chamber. The dish rack comprising a bottom wall having a first portion defined by a substantially planar portion extending across a first portion of bottom wall and second portion defined by a depressi...