ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,989, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Conair LLC (Stamford, Conn.).

"Handheld food blender with multiple attachments" was invented by Kin Man Lai (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld food blender includes a main body configured to house a motor, a drive shaft assembly removably connected to the main body, the drive shaft assembly having a transmission shaft configured to be driven by the motor, and a processing tool attachment removably connected to a distal end of the drive shaft assembly, the processing tool attachment having a food processing implement and a drive shaft. The transmission shaft is configured to tr...