# US 10,441,928 B2 · Pivoting blender

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- Number: US 10,441,928 B2
- Document ID: US10441928B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/059,073
- Filed: 2018-08-09
- Published: 2018-12-20
- Granted: 2019-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2015-11-11
- Assignees: Tomzi International Ltd
- Applicants: Peter Rigas
- Inventors: Peter Rigas
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10441928B2

## CPC

- B01F 27/231: with a variable orientation during mixing operation, e.g. with tiltable rotor axis
- A47J 43/046: with tools driven from the bottom side
- B01F 27/2322: with parallel axes
- B01F 27/808: with stirrers driven from the bottom of the receptacle
- B01F 31/23: by pivoting the containers about an axis
- B01F 33/5014: {movable by human force, e.g. kitchen or table devices}
- B01F 35/42: Clamping or holding arrangements for mounting receptacles on mixing devices
- B01F 2101/1805: {Kitchen, household equipment for mixing}
- B01F: MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING (mixing paints B44D3/06)
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

## Abstract

A blender assembly includes a base and a blender pivotally mounted on the base such that the blender pivots in only a single plane. A magnetic locking assembly releasably locks the blender to the base and unlocks the blender from the base to allow the blender to pivot with respect to the base.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A blender assembly comprising:
a base;
a blender pivotally mounted on the base such that the blender pivots in only a single plane; and
a magnetic locking assembly releasably securing the blender to the base to allow the blender to pivot with respect to the base,
wherein the magnetic locking assembly comprises a magnet mounted on the base and a magnetically attractive material mounted on the blender such that, when the blender is in an upright and vertical position, the magnet is aligned with the magnetically attractive material, and
wherein the base comprises a base handle and the blender comprises a blender handle such that, when the blender handle is urged toward the base handle, the magnetically attractive material is pivoted away from the magnet.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The blender assembly according to claim 1, wherein when the blender handle is released, the magnetically attractive material engages the magnet.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The blender assembly according to claim 1, wherein the base comprises a pivot arm and wherein the blender is mounted on the pivot arm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The blender assembly according to claim 1, wherein a front portion of the blender handle is located vertically above a front portion of the base handle.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The blender assembly according to claim 1, wherein the blender handle is spring biased relative to the base handle.

### Claim 6

A blender assembly comprising:
a base having:
a bottom;
two opposing sides extending upwardly from the bottom;
a magnet attached to the bottom; and
a blender pivotally mounted on the two opposing sides such that the blender pivots in only a single plane, the blender comprising:
a fixed handle extending outwardly therefrom;
a pivot handle mounted to pivot about toward the fixed handle, the pivot handle having a magnetically attractive portion such that, when the pivot handle is away from the fixed handle, the magnetically attractive portion engages the magnet and when the pivot handle is depressed toward the fixed handle, the magnetically attractive portion is biased away from the magnet.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The blender assembly according to claim 6, wherein the blender has a motor assembly extending downwardly therefrom and wherein the motor assembly has a recess formed therein such that, when the pivot handle is depressed toward the fixed handle, a portion of the pivot handle nests in the recess.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The blender assembly according to claim 6, wherein the blender is pivotally mounted along an axis and wherein the pivot handle is mounted below the axis.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The blender assembly according to claim 6, wherein the pivot handle is biased away from the fixed handle.

### Claim 10

A blender assembly comprising:
a base configured to pivotally support a blender;
a magnet attached to the base;
a blender pivotally mounted on the base; and
a pivot handle pivotally attached to the blender and having a magnetically attractive portion extending under the blender, the magnetically attractive portion being releasably engageable with the magnet.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The blender assembly according to claim 10, further comprising a fixed handle fixedly mounted to the blender.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The blender assembly according to claim 11, wherein the pivot handle comprises a front portion configured to the biased toward the fixed handle to release the magnetically attractive portion from the magnet.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The blender assembly according to claim 12, wherein the blender has a motor assembly extending downwardly therefrom and wherein the motor assembly has a recess formed therein such that, when the pivot handle is depressed toward the fixed handle, a portion of the pivot handle nests in the recess.