Abstract: A countertop kitchen appliance system includes a countertop kitchen appliance and a charging platform. The countertop kitchen appliance includes a base having a motor disposed therein, a receptacle coupled to the base and configured to receive food therein, a rotatable tool disposed within the receptacle and operably coupled to the motor such that operation of the motor drives rotation of the rotatable tool, a heater configured to heat food received within the receptacle, and a battery coupled to the motor and the heater. The countertop kitchen appliance is operable between docked and undocked conditions. In the docked condition, the countertop kitchen appliance is operably coupled to the charging platform such that current is delivered from the charging platform to the battery. In the undocked condition, the countertop kitchen appliance is removed from the charging platform and the battery is operable to power operation of the motor and the heater.

Abstract: An eyeglass frame, particularly suitable as a temporary or permanent frame for a broken frame or as a replacement frame, has a central nose-piece; at least one pair of flexible straps extending from the nose-piece or an intermediate fixed top bar; and separate or integral ratcheting clasps. Each of the straps has a transverse ratchet surface adjacent its distal end and each clasp has a ratcheting mechanism such as a flexible pawl. Each of the loose lenses of the eyeglasses are mounted against the nose-piece and each strap in seriatim is wrapped around the periphery of a lens with the distal end of the strap inserted into the ratcheting clasp and pulled therethrough so that the strap ratchet surfaces intermeshes with the pawl or pawls of the ratcheting clasps so as to cinch-up and tighten the strap(s) around the lens. Temple bars are attachable to the clasps. Any excess length of strap extending outwardly from the clasp(s) are cut-off.