Mixing container
AssigneeThe Pampered Chef, Ltd.
InventorsMark R. Gartz, Daniel A. Phipps
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Abstract
A mixing container is provided which has a housing and a disassociatively associatable mixer subassembly. The mixer subassembly includes a top portion, a rod that slidably and reciprocatably extends centrally through the top portion, a gripping portion at one rod end, and a mixing head at the opposite rod end. The mixing head has a medial body portion and a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion has a plurality of perimetrically adjacent whorl-like portions. Each whorl-like portion includes two wing loop portions that extend outwardly and obliquely relative to the medial body portion.
Claims9
A mixing container comprising:
- (A) a generally cylindrical housing having a closed bottom, an upwardly opening mouth opposed to said bottom, and spout means adjacent said mouth;
- (B) a mixer subassembly that is disassociatively associatable with said housing, said mixer subassembly comprising in combination:
- (1) a top portion sealingly engagable with said mouth, said top portion comprising a cap having a central channel, and a circumferentially extending, downturned, integrally formed skirt portion which is receivable through said mouth and whose circumferential outside terminal wall portions are adapted to make sealing engagement with radially adjacent circumferential inside wall portions of said housing that are longitudinally adjacent said mouth except in the region of said spout means;
- (2) a rod slidably extending through said central channel and having opposed upper and lower ends, said rod including at its upper end a gripping portion, the interrelationship between said central channel and said rod being such that said rod is reciprocally movable longitudinally through said top portion;
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- (3) a mixing head comprising
- (a) an apertured medial body portion having a perimeter portion, said medial body portion being fixed to said lower rod end, and
- (b) a peripheral portion whose outside diameter is less than the inside diameter of said housing, and
- (c) said peripheral portion being comprised of a plurality of circumferentially adjacent whorl-like portions, each whorl-like portion having
- a stem attached to, and radially outwardly extending from, said perimeter portion, and
- two wing loops, each one being attached to said stem and radially extending obliquely therefrom relative to said medial body portion and also to each other,
- each said wing loop of each said whorl-like portion having a location that is attached to a location on one wing loop of the circumferentially adjacent whorl-like portion of said peripheral portion;
- whereby, when said top portion is so sealingly engaged with said mouth, said mixing head is reciprocably moveable longitudinally in said housing by said gripping portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.