US 11,864,692 B2
Food preparation appliance for use with a remote communication device
Rolando Antonio Cavazos Jimenez, Middleton, WI (US); Joseph V. Krebs, Madison, WI (US); James Stuart Saunders, Fitchburg, WI (US); and Emily Van Haren, Fitchburg, WI (US)
Assigned to Spectrum Brands, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed by Spectrum Brands, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,580.
Application 17/592,580 is a continuation of application No. 14/657,439, filed on Mar. 13, 2015, granted, now 11,272,810.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/953,073, filed on Mar. 14, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257057 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 43/046 (2006.01); G06Q 50/10 (2012.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/046 (2013.01) [A47J 36/321 (2018.08); A47J 43/07 (2013.01); A47J 43/0716 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/10 (2013.01); G09B 19/0092 (2013.01); A47J 2043/0733 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food preparation appliance comprising:
a base comprising:
a housing with a top portion; and
a motor contained within the housing;
a food preparation accessory operably connected to the motor;
an adaptor having:
a bottom portion configured to be removably attached to the top portion of the base of the food preparation appliance; and
a top portion configured to receive and support the food preparation accessory thereon, wherein the food preparation accessory is removable from the top portion of the adaptor; and
a weight sensor mechanically coupled to the bottom portion of the adaptor, the weight sensor configured to detect a weight applied to the adaptor by the food preparation accessory and to generate a weight signal proportional to the weight applied to the adaptor by the food preparation accessory.