Beverage pitcher with agitator

Beverage pitcher apparatus comprising, in combination:

• a beverage container having a container bottom and a container side wall projecting upwardly from said container bottom, said container bottom and container side wall defining a container interior for receiving and temporarily storing a beverage, said beverage container additionally comprising a skirt extending downwardly from said container bottom and defining a recess;
• an agitator including a rotatable blade disposed within said container interior above said container bottom and a drive shaft affixed to said blade rotatably mounted in said container bottom and having a shaft distal end extending below said container bottom into said recess;
• a support housing defining a housing interior and having a housing bottom;
• connector means for releasably tightly connecting together said support housing and said beverage container, said recess and said housing interior being in communication and comprising a closed, water-tight compartment when said beverage container and said support housing are tightly connected together by said connector means;
• an electric motor connected to said support housing and disposed in said housing interior;
• battery means connected to said support housing and disposed in said housing interior for driving said electric motor;
• transmission means within said housing interior connected to said motor engageable by said drive shaft when said beverage container and said support housing are connected together;
• first electrical contact means on said beverage container;
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• second electrical contact means on said support housing, said first electrical contact means and said second electrical contact means being in engagement to allow completion of an electrical circuit and energization of said electric motor by said battery means when said beverage container and said support housing are tightly connected together by said connector means, and said first electrical contact means and said second electrical contact means being out of engagement to open an electrical circuit and prevent energization of said electric motor by said battery means when said beverage container and said support housing are not tightly connected together by said connector means.