ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,220, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Blender" was invented by Jin-hae Ye (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeong-ik Heo (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a blender in which regardless of the mounting direction of a container lid, the closing of the container lid is accurately recognized. The blender includes a container body in which food is received, a main body provided under the container body and configured to support the container body, the container lid mounted detachably to an upper surface of the container body and configured to open and close the upper surface...