US 12,295,526 B2
Blending system with a liner for blending container
John K. Barnard, Olmsted Township, OH (US); and Eugene J. Kozlowski, Medina, OH (US)
Assigned to VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Olmsted Township, OH (US)
Filed by VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Olmsted Township, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/560,740.
Application 17/560,740 is a continuation of application No. 15/817,608, filed on Nov. 20, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/423,807, filed on Nov. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110486 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 43/046 (2006.01); A47J 43/042 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/046 (2013.01) [A47J 43/042 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blending system for mixing a product with a blender base comprising:
a blade base comprising a blade and a housing, the blade base housing configured to attach to the blender base;
a removable inner liner comprising a rim, a bottom, and a sidewall extending between the rim and the bottom, the sidewall and the bottom defining an internal cavity, and the inner liner configured to contact the blade base such that the internal cavity is accessible to the blade; and
an outer sleeve configured for receiving the inner liner, the outer sleeve comprising:
an engaging portion configured for releasably coupling to the blade base to secure together the outer sleeve, the inner liner and the blade base; and
an annular shoulder offset from the engaging portion and configured to at least partially surround an exterior of the inner liner and contact the sidewall spaced from the rim when the inner liner is secured together with the outer sleeve and the blade base, the outer sleeve being spaced from the inner liner between the annular shoulder of the outer sleeve and the bottom of the inner liner.