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US 2026/0151003 A1Published application
Interlocking blending system
AssigneeVita-Mix Management Corporation
InventorsDavid J. Kolar, Saifur T. Tareen, Eric Miller
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Abstract
A blender system that includes a base that is selectively and operatively engaged with a container that is shown and described herein. The base may include a near field communications chip that may communicate with a near field communications chip of a container. The base also includes a motor that is selectively and operatively engaged with a blade disposed within a container.
Claims20
A container for a blender system comprising:
- a wall defining a cavity having an open end and a closed end opposite the open end;
- and
- a container near-field communication (NFC) component communicatively coupled to a blender base NFC component to transmit, to the blender base NFC component, information for an operation of a motor.
A method, comprising:
- when a container of a blender system is operatively coupled to a blender base of the blender system, receiving, at a container near-field communication (NFC) component of the container, operating power from an energizing waveform or a power source associated with the blender base;
- and
- transmitting, by the container NFC component to a blender base NFC component of the blender base, information for an operation of a motor of the blender base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.