US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on July 28 for "Dish rack and wash assembly for dishwasher" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. RE50,967, issued on July 28, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Dish rack and wash assembly for dishwasher" was invented by Steven B. Balinski (Saint Joseph, Mich.), David Brightbill (Benton Harbor, Mich.), Frederick Thomas Roderick (Coloma, Mich.), Joseph T. Ferencevich (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Ryan Kevin Roth (Saint Joseph, Mich.), William J. Snell (Elkhart, Ind.), Sujit S. Naik (Pune, India) and Mark S. Feddema (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber receiving dishes f...