Patents by Inventor Danielle Marie Hafling

Danielle Marie Hafling 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).

  • Stemware holder for an automatic dishwasher
    Patent number: 7988107
    Abstract: A stemware holder for holding a stem of a stemware in a wire-frame dish rack. The dish rack comprises a bottom wall formed by wires with multiple tines extending from the bottom wall. The stemware holder comprises a stem holder configured to hold the stem, a rack mount configured to couple the stem holder to the dish rack, and a radial lock configured to releasably hold the stem holder at multiple radial positions relative to an axis generally perpendicular to the bottom wall when the stemware holder is mounted to the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin B. Miller, Danielle Marie Hafling, John Irven Smith, Sandra C. Steward
  • STEMWARE HOLDER FOR AN AUTOMATIC DISHWASHER
    Publication number: 20090065455
    Abstract: A stemware holder for holding a stem of a stemware in a wire-frame dish rack. The dish rack comprises a bottom wall formed by wires with multiple tines extending from the bottom wall. The stemware holder comprises a stem holder configured to hold the stem, a rack mount configured to couple the stem holder to the dish rack, and a radial lock configured to releasably hold the stem holder at multiple radial positions relative to an axis generally perpendicular to the bottom wall when the stemware holder is mounted to the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KEVIN B. MILLER, DANIELLE MARIE HAFLING, JOHN IRVEN SMITH, SANDRA C. STEWARD