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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
May. 07, 1998
Paul R Holbrook, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Robert A St John, Cheshire, CT (US);
HP Intellectual Corp., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A food mixing appliance has a mixing head pivotably supported on a pedestal. The appliance includes a mechanism for locking the head relative to the pedestal in several discrete positions and for enabling the user to pivot the head relative to the pedestal into a selected one of the discrete positions. A mechanism includes a user actuated pivotable lever and first and second pivotable pawls. A member is fixed in position relative to the lever and includes slots defining a plurality of discrete positions for the pivotable head. Each of the pawls selectively engage a selected one of the slots corresponding to angular positions of 0.degree., 45.degree. and 90.degree. for the head relative to the pedestal.