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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Larry Hawkins, Louisville, KY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Ronald Miles Johnson, Jeffersontown, KY (US);
Inventors:
Larry Hawkins, Louisville, KY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Ronald Miles Johnson, Jeffersontown, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A basket for a washing machine includes a body comprising an outer wall and at least one rib extending radially inward from said wall, said rib comprising at least a first portion having a first cross section and a second portion having a second cross section, said second cross section different from said first cross section.