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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2005
Janice J. Schnipke, Springfield, OH (US);
Neal H. Blackburn, Springfield, OH (US);
Janice J. Schnipke, Springfield, OH (US);
Neal H. Blackburn, Springfield, OH (US);
Premark FEG L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A mixing implement includes a body having a mixing portion and a connecting portion, the connecting portion having an upper shaft receiving opening formed therein and a side opening that leads to the shaft receiving opening, the shaft receiving opening having a drive pin receiving recess, the side opening and the drive pin receiving recess located substantially diametrically opposite each other with the side opening at a height corresponding to at least part of the drive pin receiving recess. A retainer is movably coupled with the connecting portion through the side opening and biased into an inward position in which an inner portion of the retainer is normally positioned within the shaft receiving opening, the retainer movable to an outward position in which the inner portion of the retainer is at least partially retracted from the shaft receiving opening.