US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on June 2 for "Dishwasher and rack assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,423, issued on June 2, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Dishwasher and rack assembly" was invented by Rebecca Katherine Kasner (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Elliott V. Stowe (Stevensville, Mich.), Gregg Patrick Fitzgerald (Eau Claire, Mich.), Yu Liu (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Richard Lee Hammond (Mattawan, Mich.), Christopher D. Cullen (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Stacey Hollis Assell (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Avery Josephine Saylor (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Ameresh Viswanathan (Saint Joseph, Mich.) and Chandler Alexander Longley (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher has a chassis, at least one spray nozzl...