Blending container identification system
AssigneeVita-Mix Management Corporation
InventorsDavid J. Kolar, Fred H. Mehlman
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Abstract
A blending system is provided for identifying a blending container. The blending system may include an attachment member that attaches to a blending container. The attachment member may include an identification tag. A receiving system may communicate with the identification tag to identify the container. The receiving system may measure characteristics of the blending container. The characteristics can be compared to stored characteristics.
Claims20
An attachment member for a blender system, the attachment member comprising:
- a body comprising
- an identification tag supported by the body;
- and
- a latch portion operatively attaching the body to at least a portion of the blender system.
A blender system for blending foodstuff, the blender system comprising:
- a blender container;
- an attachment member operatively attached to a portion of the blender container, wherein the attachment member comprises:
- a body comprising at least one identification tag, wherein the support member supports an identification tag of the at least one identification tag and the track member supports an antenna of the identification tag.
A blender system for blending foodstuff, the blender system comprising:
- a blender container;
- a lid operatively attachable to the blender container;
- and
- at least one attachment member operatively attachable to at least one of the lid or blender container, wherein each of the attachment members comprises an identification tag.
The blender system of claim 19, wherein the blender device transmits an instruction to the identification tag, the instruction initiating an update of data stored by the identification tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.