# US 2016/0256002 A1 · Food processor system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0256002 A1 - Document ID: US20160256002A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/927,998 - Filed: 2015-10-30 - Published: 2016-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-06 - Assignees: SharkNinja Operating LLC - Applicants: Sharkninja Operating LLC - Inventors: Daniel Stephen Potter - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160256002A1 ## CPC - A47J 43/0716: {for machines with tools driven from the lower side (A47J43/0727 - A47J43/08 take precedence)} - A47G 1/17: using adhesives, suction or magnetism {(A47G1/168 takes precedence; suction cups for attaching purposes, equivalent means using adhesives F16B47/00)} - A47G 29/093: Devices for securing receptacles to tables, or the like - A47J 45/02: for fastening kitchen utensils to tables, walls, or the like - A47J 47/00: Kitchen containers, stands or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass; Cutting-boards, e.g. for bread {(bowls for food processors A47J43/0727)} - F16B 47/00: Suction cups for attaching purposes; Equivalent means using adhesives {(devices using adhesives, suction or magnetism for hanging or supporting pictures or the like A47G1/17; vacuum work holders B25B11/005; anchoring of ships using suction B63B21/27; suction cups for handling glass B65G49/061; load-engaging elements for cranes using suction means B66C1/02)} - F16B 47/006: {the suction cups being activated by the rotation of a cranked lever arm} - A47G 19/10: Devices for securing plates to the table - A47J 36/34: Supports for cooking-vessels - A47J 45/00: Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils {or crockery}(kitchen cabinets with provisions for attachment of kitchen implements or utensils A47B77/00) - A47J 47/16: Stands, or holders for kitchen articles - A47J 2043/04454: {Apparatus of counter top type} - A47J 2043/04463: {with a mixing unit rigidly fixed on the housing and a movable support for the bowl} - F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} - F16M 13/022: {repositionable} - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS ## Abstract A base for a food processing system is provided including a housing configured to couple with a complementary container. The housing includes a bottom surface. At least one suction device is mounted to the bottom surface and is configured to adhere the base to an adjacent surface. At least one release mechanism is mounted to mounted generally flush with an outer surface of the housing. The at least one release mechanism is operably coupled to at least one suction device and is movable between a first position and a second position to release the at least one suction device from the adjacent surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A base for a food processing system, comprising: a housing configured to couple with a complementary container, the housing including a bottom surface; at least one suction device mounted to the bottom surface, the at least one suction device being configured to adhere the base to an adjacent surface; and at least one release mechanism mounted generally flush with an outer surface of the housing and operably coupled to the at least one suction device, the release mechanism being movable between a first position and a second position to release the at least one suction device from the adjacent surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The base according to claim 1, wherein the release mechanism is configured to move vertically between the first position and the second position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The base according to claim 1, wherein the release mechanism is configured to move between the first position and the second position in response to application of a force by a user of the food processing system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The base according to claim 1, wherein the release mechanism includes a planar surface arranged approximately parallel to the bottom surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The base according to claim 1, wherein the at least one release mechanism includes a first release mechanism and a second release mechanism disposed at opposing side of the base. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The base according to claim 5, wherein the first release mechanism and the second release mechanism are independently operable. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The base according to claim 5, wherein the at least one suction device includes a front right suction device, a back right suction device, a front left suction device, a back left. suction device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The base according to claim 5, wherein the first release mechanism is operably coupled to the front right suction device and the back right suction device, and the second release mechanism is operably coupled to the front left suction device and the back left suction device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The base according to claim 1, wherein the at least one suction device is a suction cup. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The base according to claim 1, wherein the container configured to couple to the base further includes a rotatable assembly driven about an axis, the rotatable blade assembly being positioned adjacent a bottom of the container. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The base according to claim 1, wherein the container configured to couple to the base further includes a rotatable assembly driven about an axis, the rotatable blade assembly being positioned adjacent a top of the container. ### Claim 12 A method of releasing a base of a food processing system from an adjacent surface, comprising: actuating a first release mechanism to initiate release of at least one suction device operably coupled thereto, the first release mechanism being arranged generally flush with a first side of a housing of the base; actuating a second release mechanism to initiate release of at least one suction device operably coupled thereto, the first release mechanism being arranged generally flush with a second side of a housing of the base; and separating the base from the adjacent surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the first release mechanism and the second release mechanism are actuated simultaneously. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the first release mechanism and the second release mechanism are actuated independently. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the first release mechanism and the second release mechanism is actuated by moving the release mechanism vertically between a first position and a second position. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the at least one suction device includes a front right suction device, a back right suction device, a front left suction device, a back left. suction device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The base according to claim 16, wherein actuation of the first release mechanism is configured to initiate release of the front right suction device and the back right suction device, and actuation of the second release mechanism is configured to initiate release of the front left suction device and the back left suction device.