US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on April 21 for "Dishwasher" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,034, issued on April 21, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Evan Joseph Wahl (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Richard Lee Hammond (Mattawan, Mich.), Chandler Alexander Longley (Benton Harbor, Mich.), Emily Joy Phillips (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Elliott Vernon Stowe (Stevensvillle, Mich.) and Joseph Allen Gregory (Niles, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A household appliance for treating articles according to an automatic cycle of operation, the household appliance comprising: a chassis having an interior surface at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving the articles for tre...