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AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDanister Abeygunawardana, Tomas Garces, Matthew R. Hunter, Eric Matthew Lewis
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A stand mixer includes a base with a column mounted to the base, and a head fixed atop the column. The stand mixer also includes a bowl and a bowl carrier mounted on the column. The bowl carrier includes two arms extending forward from the back portion of the bowl carrier. The bowl carrier defines a pocket at the back portion of the bowl carrier. The pocket is configured for receiving a bowl retention protuberance of the bowl when the bowl is mounted on the two arms. Each of the two arms defines a respective orifice on a top portion of the two arms. Each of the two arms includes a respective plunger. The orifice of each of the two arms configured for receiving a respective locking tab of the bowl. The plunger of each of the two arms has an end portion that extends into the orifice to engage the respective locking tab on the bowl, when the bowl is mounted on the two arms.
A stand mixer, comprising:
A method for retaining a bowl on a stand mixer, a bowl carrier of the stand mixer mounted on a column of the stand mixer, a back portion of the bowl carrier positioned adjacent the column, two arms of the bowl carrier extending forward from the back portion of the bowl carrier, the bowl carrier defining a pocket at the back portion of the bowl carrier, the pocket facing forward such that the pocket is configured for receiving a bowl retention protuberance on the bowl when the bowl is mounted on the two arms, each of the two arms defining a respective orifice on a top portion of the two arms, each of the two arms comprising a respective plunger, the orifice on each of the two arms configured for receiving a respective locking tab of the bowl, the plunger of each of the two arms having an end extending into the orifice to engage the respective locking tab of the bowl, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.