Patents by Inventor Michael R. MacKay

Michael R. MacKay 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).

  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE HAVING A DISPENSING DRAWER
    Publication number: 20120036901
    Abstract: A dispensing system for a laundry treating appliance may include a drawer slidable between a closed position and an open position, a cartridge recess formed in a portion of the drawer configured to receive the cartridge of treating chemistry, and an aperture through which the cartridge is viewable and formed in the portion of the drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL R. MACKAY, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI
  • Drying apparatus
    Patent number: 6732447
    Abstract: A shoe drying device having two arms and an airflow channel extending therethrough. A spring exerts an outward force on the arms. Each arm includes a member for holding a shoe at an end thereof. During a drying cycle, convection air enters through an air inlet towards the center of the device, flows through the airflow channel, and exits through air outlets in the members for holding a shoe at the ends of the arms. This facilitates more even drying of shoes held in the members for holding shoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Mark Tomasi, James I. Czech, Michael R. MacKay
  • Drying apparatus
    Publication number: 20030084585
    Abstract: A shoe drying device having two arms and an airflow channel extending therethrough. A spring exerts an outward force on the arms. Each arm includes a member for holding a shoe at an end thereof. During a drying cycle, convection air enters through an air inlet towards the center of the device, flows through the airflow channel, and exits through air outlets in the members for holding a shoe at the ends of the arms. This facilitates more even drying of shoes held in the members for holding shoes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Donald Mark Tomasi, James I. Czech, Michael R. MacKay