James W Kendall

US Patent:

D599711, Sep 8, 2009

Filed:

Dec 1, 2008

Appl. No.:

29/328717

Inventors:

James Kendall - Burlington WI, US

International Classification:

1211

US Classification:

D12114

US Patent:

8191954, Jun 5, 2012

Filed:

Nov 13, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/617824

Inventors:

James Kendall - Burlington WI, US

International Classification:

B60J 1/00

US Classification:

296 841, 296 371, 224413

Abstract:

A trim for a motorcycle windshield having windshield-adjacent storage compartments along the lower windshield edge. The trim includes a body with a shield portion and a mounting portion of rigid sheet material sufficiently flexible to conform to the windshield surface. The shield portion has a length for spanning the full width of the windshield lower edge and a vertical dimension sufficient to reach to a level along the tops of the windshield-adjacent storage compartments. The mounting portion extends below the shield portion to engage existing windshield-mounting hardware for securement of the trim to the motorcycle. The trim is secured to the motorcycle windshield by loosening the existing windshield-mounting hardware from a fairing at the windshield and pulling the top of the fairing away from the windshield. The mounting portion is then slid between the fairing and the windshield along the lower windshield edge, adjusted to the desired position, and the hardware is tightened to sandwich the trim between the fairing and the windshield.

US Patent:

8286452, Oct 16, 2012

Filed:

Jul 8, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/499525

Inventors:

James W. Kendall - Mount Prospect IL, US
Ameresh Babu Viswanathan - St. Joseph MI, US

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation - Benton Harbor MI

International Classification:

D06F 39/00

US Classification:

68 3R, 108 64

Abstract:

A modular laundry system comprises at least two horizontally arranged laundry appliances, and a worksurface formed by multiple interconnected pieces laterally connected to each other, wherein the worksurface is mountable to the laundry appliances to span a gap between the laundry appliances and form a continuation surface above the discontinuous upper surface collectively defined by the laundry appliances.

US Patent:

8322169, Dec 4, 2012

Filed:

Jul 1, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/496121

Inventors:

James W. Kendall - Mount Prospect IL, US
Lorraine L. Achterberg - St. Joseph MI, US
Ameresh Babu Viswanathan - St. Joseph MI, US
Colleen M. Doyle - Stevensville MI, US
Richard A. Sunshine - Granger IN, US

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation - Benton Harbor MI

International Classification:

D06F 29/00
D06F 3/00
D06F 39/00

US Classification:

68 13R, 68205 R, 68240

Abstract:

A laundry system comprises a first laundry appliance, a second laundry appliance, and a vertical laundry module. The vertical laundry module can have a housing with a width less than the width of each of the first and second laundry appliances and a stain treatment assembly. The stain treatment assembly can include a screen slidable mounted to the housing of the vertical module for supporting a fabric item and a wand extendable from the housing for applying a stain treatment agent to the fabric item on the screen.

US Patent:

8375750, Feb 19, 2013

Filed:

Jul 1, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/496112

Inventors:

James W. Kendall - Mount Prospect IL, US
Lorraine L. Achterberg - St. Joseph MI, US
Ameresh Babu Viswanathan - St. Joseph MI, US
Colleen M. Doyle - Stevensville MI, US
Richard A. Sunshine - Granger IN, US

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation - Benton Harbor MI

International Classification:

D06F 29/00

US Classification:

68 3R, 68 13 R

Abstract:

A laundry system comprises a first laundry appliance, a second laundry appliance, and a vertical laundry module. The vertical laundry module can have a housing with a width less than the width of each of the first and second laundry appliances. The vertical laundry module can have a drawer that slidably opens from a face of the housing and a hanging rod positioned in drawer. The vertical laundry module can further have a functional element that performing drying, refreshing, and/or sanitizing, and a control panel for controlling the operation of the functional element.

US Patent:

8381552, Feb 26, 2013

Filed:

Jul 2, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/496708

Inventors:

James W. Kendall - Mount Prospect IL, US
Lorraine L. Achterberg - St. Joseph MI, US
Ameresh Babu Viswanathan - St. Joseph MI, US
Colleen M. Doyle - Stevensville MI, US
Richard A. Sunshine - Granger IN, US

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation - Benton Harbor MI

International Classification:

D06F 29/00
D06F 39/00
A47B 77/08

US Classification:

68 3R, 68 13 R, 3122281

Abstract:

A laundry system comprises a first laundry appliance, a second laundry appliance, and a vertical laundry module. The vertical laundry module can have a housing with a width less than the width of each of the first and second laundry appliances. The vertical laundry module can have a drawer that slidably opens from a face of the housing and a backsplash extending above an upper surface of the housing. The backsplash can further have a functional element that can be a storage compartment, a light, a control panel, or a power outlet.

US Patent:

8413470, Apr 9, 2013

Filed:

Jul 2, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/496690

Inventors:

James W. Kendall - Mount Prospect IL, US
Lorraine L. Achterberg - St. Joseph MI, US
Ameresh Babu Viswanathan - St. Joesph MI, US
Colleen M. Doyle - Stevensville MI, US
Richard A. Sunshine - Granger IN, US

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation - Benton Harbor MI

International Classification:

D06F 29/00
D06F 35/00

US Classification:

68 3R, 68 13 R

Abstract:

A laundry system comprises a first laundry appliance, a second laundry appliance, and a vertical laundry module. The vertical laundry module can have a housing with a width less than the width of each of the first and second laundry appliances. The vertical laundry module can have a drawer that slidably opens from a face of the housing and/or a door that opens from the face of the housing. The vertical laundry module can further have a functional element that can be a laundry care function or a non-laundry care function.

US Patent:

8453476, Jun 4, 2013

Filed:

May 21, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/469915

Inventors:

James W. Kendall - Mount Prospect IL, US
Todd A. Zeilinger - Holland MI, US

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation - Benton Harbor MI

International Classification:

F25D 11/00

US Classification:

62440, 62449

Abstract:

An elongated spine extends vertically within a refrigerated cabinet, freezer cabinet, or doors and includes ductwork for the transmission of fluids within the spine as well as operating power and/or electrical control or data signals. The spine includes a mounting channel having inwardly extending edges. Modules mate with the spine for the physical mounting of the modules at any desired location within the continuously extending channel and are provided with a flange which fits within the spine and mounts the module in a cantilevered fashion to the refrigerator. Such construction facilitates the distribution of fluids, such as hot or cold air within the refrigerator, and the manufacturing of a refrigerator by providing a readily attached spine and allowing modular construction of a refrigerator with infinite adjustability for the user.