Conversion unit for a portable hand-held appliance and convertible mixer combination utilizing same

A convertible mixer combination comprising a portable hand-held mixer of the type having a power unit with a housing enclosing a motor that is drivingly coupled to a pair of beater sockets and to a supplemental power take-off socket and a conversion unit for converting the portable hand-held mixer into a stationary drink mixer, said conversion unit including:

• a base with an upright standard;
• a power unit receptacle located at an upper end of said standard and having a receiving space for detachably fixedly holding the mixer power unit;
• a stirrer having a vertical shaft that is rotatably journaled to a bottom wall of said power unit receptacle;
• and
• a take-off coupling plug connected to an upper end of the stirrer shaft, said take-off coupling plug projecting upwardly into said receiving space at a location for matingly engaging the supplemental power take-off of the mixer power unit upon reception of the power unit within said receiving space.