US 12,390,779 B2
Sample paint adapter
Erik John Sundine, Monticello, MN (US); and Jeffrey David Heinrichs, Waconia, MN (US)
Assigned to Radia, Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed by RADIA, Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,252.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/218,597, filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0010840 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B01F 35/42 (2022.01); B01F 35/43 (2022.01); B01F 101/30 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 35/421 (2022.01) [B01F 35/43 (2022.01); B01F 2101/30 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-balancing adapter for use with a mixer, comprising:
a body configured to interface with the mixer as a unit, the body having:
a front and a back,
left and right edges,
a top and a bottom, and
a vertical adapter axis passing through the top and the bottom;
the front having at least a first recess configured to receive and hold a first vessel substantially within the body; and
at least one movable counterweight configured to be displaced when the first vessel is received in the first recess such that the movable weight at least partially offsets a weight of the first vessel within the body with respect to the vertical adapter axis.