US 12,262,850 B2
Food processor having detachable spring-loaded lid
Joseph W. Zakowski, New Canaan, CT (US)
Assigned to Conair LLC, Stamford, CT (US)
Filed by Conair LLC, Stamford, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/387,824.
Application 16/387,824 is a continuation of application No. 14/244,970, filed on Apr. 4, 2014, granted, now 10,448,787.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/809,480, filed on Apr. 8, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0239694 A1, Aug. 8, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 43/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/0716 (2013.01) [A47J 43/0722 (2013.01); A47J 43/0727 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food processor, comprising:
a base;
a motor disposed within said base;
an output shaft operatively connected to said motor and extending outwardly from said base, said output shaft being rotatable about a shaft axis upon actuation of said motor;
a work bowl removably received on said base, said work bowl having a receiving channel on an upper portion thereof; and
a lid removably connected to said work bowl and having a coupling member received in said receiving channel, said coupling member configured to provide a pivoting connection between said lid and said bowl;
wherein said lid is pivotable about said coupling member between a first position, in which said lid rests atop said work bowl and substantially encloses an interior of said work bowl, and a second position, in which said lid is pivoted out of alignment with said work bowl to provide access tosaid interior of said work bowl;
wherein said coupling member is spring-biased;
wherein said work bowl and said lid are removable from said base without removing said coupling member from said receiving channel;
wherein removing said coupling member from said receiving channel removes said lid from said work bowl;
wherein said food processor further includes a single pushbutton associated with said lid and said coupling member;
wherein said work bowl includes a pour spout at an upper portion of said work bowl, and said lid includes a latch configured to engage an upper lip of said work bowl adjacent to said pour spout;
wherein said lid includes a circumferential lip that protrudes from an underside of said lid; and
wherein said circumferential lip extends into said work bowl when said lid is in said first position, and such that a distal edge of said circumferential lip extends over an interior of said work bowl when said lid is in a fully open position so that drippings of processed food items remaining on said lid drip back into said work bowl.