ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,830, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Adjustment apparatus for a stand mixer" was invented by Danister Abeygunawardana (Jefferson, Ind.), Tomas Garces (Louisville, Ky.), Eric Matthew Lewis (Louisville, Ky.) and Matthew R. Hunter (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand mixer includes a column. A bowl support is mounted to the column such that the bowl support is vertically translatable on column. An adjustment apparatus is configured for adjustment of a height of a bowl on the bowl support. The adjustment apparatus includes a cam rotatably mounted on the column a...