Blender with varying internally and externally shaped container

A blender comprising:

• a base section including a motor and a plurality of control elements;
• a blender container configured to be received on the base section, the blender container including:
• a processing zone defined by a side wall and a bottom wall, wherein the processing zone includes an upper portion having a substantially teardrop shaped configuration, and a lower portion having a substantially rectangular shaped configuration, and further wherein the bottom wall includes an outer boundary;
• a base portion extending downwardly from the bottom wall and configured to be received on the blender appliance, the base portion having a boundary surface that is smaller than the outer boundary of the bottom wall, such that the bottom wall extends outwardly from the outer boundary of the base portion;
• a blade assembly rotatably received in the processing zone adjacent the bottom wall, the blade assembly in driven engagement with the motor and having a plurality of blades defining a processing path having an outer perimeter, wherein the outer perimeter of the processing path extends outwardly from the boundary surface of the base portion;
• a plurality of substantially polygonal shaped, spaced ribs projecting into the processing zone from the side wall, each of the plurality of spaced ribs including a width and a depth, wherein both the width and the depth taper from a top end section adjacent the upper portion of the blender container to a more narrow bottom end section adjacent the bottom wall of the blender container;
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• a handle coupled to an outer surface of the side wall and having an outwardly opening channel, wherein the channel includes an outwardly extending lip portion and a tapered stem portion extending downwardly from the lip portion, the tapered stem portion configured to be received in a channel of a handle disposed on a like blender container in a nested configuration.

A blender container for a blender appliance comprising:

• a processing zone defined by a side wall and a bottom wall, the side wall including:
• an upper portion disposed adjacent to an upper opening to the processing zone, wherein the upper portion includes a substantially teardrop shaped configuration;
• a lower portion of the side wall having a substantially rectangular shaped configuration defined by a plurality of side wall sections;
• a base portion extending downwardly from the bottom wall and configured to be received on the blender appliance, the base portion having a boundary surface defining an outermost portion of the base portion;
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• a blade assembly rotatably received in the processing zone adjacent the bottom wall, the blade assembly having a plurality of blades defining a processing path, the processing path having an outer perimeter, wherein the outer perimeter of the blade assembly is greater than the boundary surface of the base portion.