Patents by Inventor Sara Manfredini Taube

Sara Manfredini Taube 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).

  • Patent number: 9550138
    Abstract: A gravity-driven fluid filtering system that includes a universal fluid (typically water) filter and a plurality of differently sized fluid dispensing adapters. The universal fluid filter includes: at least one gravity-driven fluid filter media; a housing having an interior and at least one fluid inlet aperture configured to allow a fluid to be treated to enter the interior of the housing by a force of gravity and into contact with the at least one gravity-driven water filter media spaced within the interior of the housing; and at least one treated fluid outlet aperture configured to deliver treated fluid to at least one of a plurality vessels each having a differently sized fluid receiving aperture. The plurality of differently sized fluid dispensing adapters each having a sloped and contoured fluid receiving portion, which is different for each adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Hugh Bradford, Marco Casucci, David P. Cooper, Nihat O. Cur, Beth M. Jackson, Timothy A. Kee, James W. Kendall, Italo Renzo Menegon, Verne H. Myers, Ginger Elayne Patera, Mark M. Senninger, Gordon Jay Stannis, Sara Manfredini-Taube, Torsten Rickard Mathias-Tingstrom, Joel Graham Vanfaasen
  • Patent number: 9539526
    Abstract: A gravity-driven water filtering system comprising: a gravity-driven water filter configured to engage and deliver treated water through apertures of various sizes and a filter receiving device. The gravity-driven water filter includes: a bottom portion; a water filter; and a top portion. The water filter is configured to be removably engaged by hand without the use of tools from the bottom portion and the water filter, the bottom portion and the top portion are each configured to be removably engaged and disengaged to allow for replacement of the filter and reassembly of the overall gravity filter assembly by hand and without the use of tools. The filter receiving device is a) a flat bottomed stand; b) a carrying device; or c) an adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Hugh Bradford, Marco Casucci, David P. Cooper, Beth M. Jackson, James W. Kendall, Italo Renzo Menegon, Ginger Elayne Patera, Sara Manfredini-Taube, Torsten Rickard Mathias-Tingstrom, Joel Graham Vanfaasen
  • Publication number: 20140175005
    Abstract: A gravity-driven water filtering system comprising: a gravity-driven water filter configured to engage and deliver treated water through apertures of various sizes and a filter receiving device. The gravity-driven water filter includes: a bottom portion; a water filter; and a top portion. The water filter is configured to be removably engaged by hand without the use of tools from the bottom portion and the water filter, the bottom portion and the top portion are each configured to be removably engaged and disengaged to allow for replacement of the filter and reassembly of the overall gravity filter assembly by hand and without the use of tools. The filter receiving device is a) a flat bottomed stand; b) a carrying device; or c) an adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: SCOTT HUGH BRADFORD, MARCO CASUCCI, DAVID P. COOPER, BETH M. JACKSON, JAMES W. KENDALL, ITALO RENZO MENEGON, GINGER ELAYNE PATERA, SARA MANFREDINI-TAUBE, TORSTEN RICKARD MATHIAS-TINGSTROM, JOEL GRAHAM VANFAASEN
  • Publication number: 20140151304
    Abstract: A gravity-driven fluid filtering system that includes a universal fluid (typically water) filter and a plurality of differently sized fluid dispensing adapters. The universal fluid filter includes: at least one gravity-driven fluid filter media; a housing having an interior and at least one fluid inlet aperture configured to allow a fluid to be treated to enter the interior of the housing by a force of gravity and into contact with the at least one gravity-driven water filter media spaced within the interior of the housing; and at least one treated fluid outlet aperture configured to deliver treated fluid to at least one of a plurality vessels each having a differently sized fluid receiving aperture. The plurality of differently sized fluid dispensing adapters each having a sloped and contoured fluid receiving portion, which is different for each adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: SCOTT HUGH BRADFORD, MARCO CASUCCI, DAVID P. COOPER, NIHAT O. CUR, BETH M. JACKSON, TIMOTHY A. KEE, JAMES W. KENDALL, ITALO RENZO MENEGON, VERNE H. MYERS, GINGER ELAYNE PATERA, MARK M. SENNINGER, GORDON JAY STANNIS, SARA MANFREDINI-TAUBE, TORSTEN RICKARD MATHIAS-TINGSTROM, JOEL GRAHAM VANFAASEN
  • Publication number: 20140151275
    Abstract: A gravity-driven fluid (water) treatment device that includes a bottom portion having at least one treated fluid outlet, an upper perimeter, and a bottom portion side wall that defines an interior volume of the bottom portion and wherein the bottom portion side wall is a shaped surface that is configured to frictionally engage a plurality of differently sized fluid vessel openings and still allow treated fluid to be delivered to the interior of a fluid vessel through the at least one treated fluid outlets; a fluid treatment medium positioned within a fluid filter; and a top portion with an interior volume defined by at least one wall. The fluid filter, the bottom portion and the top portion are each configured to be removably engaged and disengaged to allow for replacement of the filter and reassembly of the overall gravity filter assembly by hand and without the use of tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: SCOTT HUGH BRADFORD, MARCO CASUCCI, DAVID P. COOPER, NIHAT O. CUR, BETH M. JACKSON, JAMES W. KENDALL, ITALO RENZO MENEGON, GINGER ELAYNE PATERA, SARA MANFREDINI-TAUBE, TORSTEN RICKARD MATHIAS-TINGSTROM, JOEL GRAHAM VANFAASEN
  • Patent number: D697170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Hugh Bradford, Marco Casucci, Italo Renzo Menegon, Sara Manfredini Taube, Torsten Rickard Mathias Tingstrom, Joel Graham Van Faasen