Food recycler

- Whirlpool Corporation
Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a food recycler, showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left-side view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a right-side view thereof.

Portions of the food recycler are shown in broken lines, which form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a food recycler, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
3476522 November 1969 Stovall
3797702 March 1974 Robertson
D258409 March 3, 1981 Nattrass
4374804 February 22, 1983 Easter, II
D292037 September 22, 1987 Hanifl
4878596 November 7, 1989 Cawley et al.
5123600 June 23, 1992 Takenaka
5174042 December 29, 1992 Tomizawa et al.
D355740 February 21, 1995 Kirchner
5534042 July 9, 1996 Tsuchida
5587320 December 24, 1996 Shindo et al.
5710042 January 20, 1998 Shindo et al.
5766935 June 16, 1998 Seagren
5775579 July 7, 1998 Kardum et al.
5955161 September 21, 1999 Tropsha
6165566 December 26, 2000 Tropsha
6284528 September 4, 2001 Wright
6399366 June 4, 2002 Seagren
6431744 August 13, 2002 Ash et al.
6627434 September 30, 2003 McNelly
7131765 November 7, 2006 Backhaus
D534702 January 2, 2007 Wang et al.
7422022 September 9, 2008 Maunsell et al.
D580613 November 11, 2008 Yang et al.
7611891 November 3, 2009 Sundberg
7621472 November 24, 2009 Manu
D634911 March 22, 2011 Yang et al.
8129177 March 6, 2012 Cohn
D658839 May 1, 2012 Cohn
D675802 February 5, 2013 Yang et al.
D680292 April 16, 2013 Liao
8561314 October 22, 2013 Kruger
D729485 May 12, 2015 Yang et al.
D730007 May 19, 2015 Machen
D739109 September 15, 2015 Becham
D790145 June 20, 2017 Chen
D792673 July 18, 2017 Lloyd et al.
D796766 September 5, 2017 Chen
D796767 September 5, 2017 Chen
9895726 February 20, 2018 Atkinson et al.
D819915 June 5, 2018 Papari et al.
10000429 June 19, 2018 Maghas et al.
D836278 December 18, 2018 Berberet
D900424 October 27, 2020 Berberet
20020190615 December 19, 2002 Lin
20030062065 April 3, 2003 Lachawiec, Jr. et al.
20050061044 March 24, 2005 Cruson et al.
20050115595 June 2, 2005 Cerruti et al.
20080115813 May 22, 2008 Cosgrove
20090194532 August 6, 2009 Yang et al.
20090230131 September 17, 2009 McDuffie et al.
20100176128 July 15, 2010 Nance
20110207218 August 25, 2011 Staheli et al.
20120285209 November 15, 2012 Bassile
20130008991 January 10, 2013 Atkinson
20130089918 April 11, 2013 Atkinson
20130206020 August 15, 2013 Iacobucci
20150031123 January 29, 2015 Delgado et al.
20160178278 June 23, 2016 Chang et al.
20160207845 July 21, 2016 Delgado et al.
20170260108 September 14, 2017 Koh
20170260111 September 14, 2017 Maghas et al.
20170334800 November 23, 2017 Buzruk
20180029091 February 1, 2018 Atkinson
Foreign Patent Documents
199714963 September 1977 AU
2009437 December 2001 CA
2614940 June 2009 CA
201447432 May 2010 CN
204325160 May 2015 CN
204355578 May 2015 CN
204999819 January 2016 CN
7417538 March 1974 DE
2947297 May 1981 DE
9300127 June 1993 DE
4208390 September 1993 DE
19750908 May 1999 DE
19803374 August 1999 DE
0103753 March 1984 EP
0296645 December 1988 EP
0394729 October 1990 EP
1468977 October 2004 EP
2119287 November 1983 GB
2252898 August 1992 GB
2484409 April 2012 GB
53101862 September 1978 JP
0731835 February 1995 JP
1111603 January 1999 JP
11137352 May 1999 JP
2009274049 November 2009 JP
20090075306 July 2009 KR
20100025519 March 2010 KR
20110073656 June 2011 KR
9429241 December 1994 WO
0140140 June 2001 WO
2008150059 December 2008 WO
2010090537 August 2010 WO
2013163168 October 2013 WO
2014198795 December 2014 WO
Other references
  • Google search, ZERA food recycler,Jun. 28, 2021,https://wlabsinnovations.com/products/zera-food-recycler (Year: 2021).
  • Hitachi Indoor Electric Composter at http://ptsrainbowtalkstory.blogspot.com/2008/06/electric-composter-made-in-japan.html, Jun. 9, 2008.
  • Panasonic Kitchen Composter at http://www.insideurbangreen.org/2009/03/kitchen-composters-.html, Mar. 20, 2009.
  • European Search Report for Counterpart EP17157258.9, dated Jul. 12, 2017.
  • European Search Report for Counterpart EP17159966.5, dated Oct. 10, 2017.
  • European Search Report for Counterpart EP17159965.7, dated Oct. 11, 2017.
  • European Search Report for Counterpart EP17171619.4, dated Nov. 15, 2017.
  • European Search Report for Counterpart EP17160443.2, dated Aug. 23, 2017.
  • Machine Translation of Application No. IN1140/KOL/2015A, Method for the Sterilization of Foodstuffs, Especially for Spices, The Patent Office Journal, Publication Date Aug. 26, 2016, pp. 1-11.
Patent History
Patent number: D935726
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 30, 2020
Date of Patent: Nov 9, 2021
Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, MI)
Inventors: Suzanne Berberet (St. Joseph, MI), Michael Kahwaji (St. Joseph, MI), Ejung Kim (St. Joseph, MI), Michael Seeley (South Haven, MI)
Primary Examiner: Cynthia Ramirez
Application Number: 29/753,150
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: With Closure (D34/7)