ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,970, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Bowl support for a stand mixer" was invented by Eric Matthew Lewis (Louisville, Ky.), Tomas Garces (Louisville, Ky.), Matthew R. Hunter (Louisville, Ky.) and Danister Abeygunawardana (Jeffersonville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand mixer includes a securing apparatus configured to retain a bowl on a stand mixer, the securing apparatus incudes a leaf spring mounted to a bowl support at a first end portion of the leaf spring. The leaf spring extends away from the column to a second end portion of the leaf spring and defines a rece...