ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,176, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Quick release attachment assembly and system for a stand mixer" was invented by Matthew R. Hunter (Louisville, Ky.), Joseph Mazzella (Flushing, N.Y.) and Mason Hawkins (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick release attachment assembly and system to releasably join a utensil to a stand mixer drivetrain. The system includes an assembly comprising one or more retaining balls to axially fix an attachment insert in the assembly and a plurality of cooperating walls to fix the attachment insert against rotational displacement."
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