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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Richard D. Boozer, Wakeman, OH (US);
Robert M. Ulanski, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Inventors:
Richard D. Boozer, Wakeman, OH (US);
Robert M. Ulanski, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Vita-Mix Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 43/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A food mixer () includes a rotatable shaft () which carries a coupler () having an aperture () therein. An agitator () is configured as a spoon having a bowl () and a stem (). The stem () is received in the aperture () and in one embodiment a flexible tab () at the end of the stem () is engaged by a lug () in the aperture () to attach the agitator () to the coupler (). In another embodiment, flexible tines () have lugs () which are received in a bore () in a coupler () to attach the agitator () to the coupler ().