Patents by Inventor Austin Colby Specter

Austin Colby Specter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Packaging brace for a washing machine appliance
    Patent number: 11377296
    Abstract: A method of forming a packaging brace for a washing machine appliance includes providing a flat blank. The method also includes folding a left side panel and a right side panel of the flat blank inwards towards each other. The method further includes positioning a bottom panel of the blank above an opening in a cabinet of the washing machine and inserting the bottom panel into a basket of the washing machine through the opening whereby a contoured profile of the opening urges the blank to fold and form a packaging brace for the washing machine appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Bischoff, Austin Colby Specter
  • PACKAGING BRACE FOR A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20210139230
    Abstract: A method of forming a packaging brace for a washing machine appliance includes providing a flat blank. The method also includes folding a left side panel and a right side panel of the flat blank inwards towards each other. The method further includes positioning a bottom panel of the blank above an opening in a cabinet of the washing machine and inserting the bottom panel into a basket of the washing machine through the opening whereby a contoured profile of the opening urges the blank to fold and form a packaging brace for the washing machine appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Bischoff, Austin Colby Specter