Patents Assigned to Vita-Mix Management Corporation
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Publication number: 20240115078Abstract: A food processor assembly is disclosed. An example food processor assembly includes an assembly base, a bowl base, a bow, a lid, and a blade storage container. The assembly base includes a rotary input shaft that selectively couples to a coupler of a blender base. The bowl base selectively couples to the assembly base with the rotary input shaft extending through the bowl based. The bowl includes a body and a central column integrally formed with the body though which the rotary input shaft extends. The lid selectively couples to the bowl. The lid includes a feed tube to receive food items. The lid having a first vertical orientation to selectively couple to the bowl and a second vertical orientation to selectively couple to the bowl. The blade storage container selectively couples to the lid when the lid in coupled to the bowl in the second vertical orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventors: Rebecca Hammond, David Kolar
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Publication number: 20240108172Abstract: A blender system is shown and described herein. In one aspect, the blender system includes a base with an interior and an exterior formed by a housing. The housing may include an air inlet port and an exhaust port. The interior of the base includes a motor bore forming an air pathway connecting the air inlet port to the exhaust port. The motor bore also includes an entry aperture fluidly connecting the motor bore to the air inlet port. The entry aperture is indirectly in line with the air inlet port. The exit aperture fluidly connects the motor bore to the exhaust port, and the exit aperture is indirectly in line with the exhaust port.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventors: Michael Arnett, Eugene J. Kozlowski
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Patent number: 11903523Abstract: A food processor assembly is provided with a bowl base adapted to receive a rotary input, and an interlock. A bowl is separate from, and sized to be supported upon, the bowl base, to receive and process food products therein. A lid is sized to attach to the bowl to enclose the bowl and to interact with the bowl base interlock. The interlock of the bowl base is isolated from the bowl and the lid.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventors: David Kolar, Rebecca Hammond, Fred Mehlman, Phonesacksith G. Kettavong
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Patent number: 11903526Abstract: A blender system that includes a base that is selectively and operatively engaged with a container 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 the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONInventors: David J. Kolar, Saifur T. Tareen, Eric Miller
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Patent number: 11877698Abstract: A blender system is shown and described herein. In one aspect, the blender system includes a base with an interior and an exterior formed by a housing. The housing may include an air inlet port and an exhaust port. The interior of the base includes a motor bore forming an air pathway connecting the air inlet port to the exhaust port. The motor bore also includes an entry aperture fluidly connecting the motor bore to the air inlet port. The entry aperture is indirectly in line with the air inlet port. The exit aperture fluidly connects the motor bore to the exhaust port, and the exit aperture is indirectly in line with the exhaust port.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Arnett, Eugene J. Kozlowski
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Patent number: 11877696Abstract: A food processor assembly is disclosed. An example food processor assembly includes an assembly base, a bowl base, a bow, a lid, and a blade storage container. The assembly base includes a rotary input shaft that selectively couples to a coupler of a blender base. The bowl base selectively couples to the assembly base with the rotary input shaft extending through the bowl based. The bowl includes a body and a central column integrally formed with the body though which the rotary input shaft extends. The lid selectively couples to the bowl. The lid includes a feed tube to receive food items. The lid having a first vertical orientation to selectively couple to the bowl and a second vertical orientation to selectively couple to the bowl. The blade storage container selectively couples to the lid when the lid in coupled to the bowl in the second vertical orientation.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventors: Rebecca Hammond, David Kolar
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Patent number: 11865504Abstract: A blender system includes a blender base that is selectively and operably engaged with a container. The blender base may include a housing that houses a motor operatively driving a mixing blade, and a fan. The fan may operate independent of the motor. The fan may force air through the blender base to cool the motor and other operative components of the blender base.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONInventors: David Kolar, Fred H. Mehlman, Bradford J. Paskert
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Patent number: 11684216Abstract: A container comprises a body and a base. The body includes an open end and a closed end. The closed end is attached to the base. The closed end may be welded to the base. Cross-sectional perimeters of the body decreases from the closed end to the open end.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONInventor: Richard D. Boozer
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Patent number: 11553819Abstract: A blender system includes a blender base housing a motor. A container assembly may be selectively and operatively attached to the blender base. The container assembly may include two or more compartments. The motor drives an input spindle of a blade assembly. The blade assembly may blend foodstuff within the two or more compartments.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventors: David Kolar, Brian Harvanec, Rebecca Hammond, Fred Mehlman
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Patent number: 11503958Abstract: A blending system includes a container and a tamper. The container includes a lid. The tamper may be inserted into the container through an aperture of the lid. The tamper extends towards but does not touch a blade assembly. The tamper is positionable in a vertical position and an angled position. The tamper includes a stop that prevents the tamper from touching the blade assembly in the first position. Another stop prevents the tamper from touching the blade in a second position. The tamper may reach toward the edges of the container in an angled position to manipulate foodstuffs.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Miller, Robert Ulanski
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Patent number: 11478766Abstract: A blending system includes a blender base and a container. The blender base includes a housing that houses a motor. The container is attachable to the blender base. The blending system includes a user device that communicates with the blender base. The user device may communicate with a remote computing device. The user device generates instructions and recipes for the blender base.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventors: Anthony Ciepiel, David Kolar, Kang Zhang, Chad Markovich, Judson Cummins, Mark Fleming
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Patent number: 11439277Abstract: A blender system that includes a base that is selectively and operatively engaged with a container 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 the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONInventors: David J. Kolar, Saifur T. Tareen, Eric Miller
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Patent number: 11426032Abstract: The present system provides an enclosure which engages a blender base via friction fit created by one or more engagement members, so that a rotation of the enclosure and blender base relative to one another secures the enclosure to the blender base with an audible or tactile confirmation. A centering pad is attached to the system. The centering pad prevents the enclosure from rotating and becoming unlocked from the blender base due to operation of a motor.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventors: Phonesacksith Guy Kettavong, Alan Pilch, David Kanning, Matthew John Dugan
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Patent number: 11412893Abstract: A blending system is disclosed herein. The blending system may comprise a blender base, a container and a blending volume reducing device. The blending volume reducing device may be removably inserted into the container of the blender system at various positions. The positions may alter the working volume of the container when the blending volume reducing device is inserted in the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Brad Paskert, David Kolar, Casey Zale, Rebecca Hammond
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Patent number: 11406954Abstract: A blending device includes a motor, a motor controller, and a wireless controller configured to receive a wireless signal. The motor controller may be configured to alter the operations of the motor based the wireless signal. The wireless signal may include a blending program to be carried out by the blending device. The blending device may include one or more sensors configured to sense parameters of the blending device. The wireless signal may include information related to the sensed parameters. A blending device network may be formed by providing a second blending device having a wireless controller in communication with the first blending device wireless controller. The first and second blending devices may share information over the network.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONInventors: David Kolar, Paul G. Sems
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Patent number: D960644Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventors: Jodi Berg, Phonesacksith Guy Kettavong
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Patent number: D981176Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Phonesacksith Guy Kettavong, Jack Warren Gee, II, Kolman Juhasz, Eugene J. Kozlowski, David A. Kanning, Michael Patrick Arnett, Richard Joseph Lash
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Patent number: D987364Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventors: Phonesacksith G. Kettavong, Fred Mehlman, Rebecca Hammond
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Patent number: D1000894Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventor: Phonesacksith Guy Kettavong
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Patent number: D1015161Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Vita-Mix Management CorporationInventors: Jack W. Gee, II, Matthew Dugan, David J. Kolar