ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,028, issued on April 29, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Mixing vessel baffles for a drink maker" was invented by Michael Lerman (Providence, R.I.), Macrae Benziger (Dedham, Mass.), Alexander Mularski (Auburn, Mass.) and Vipul Mone (Brighton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing vessel for a frozen drink maker is described. The mixing vessel includes at least one curved sidewall defining a vessel chamber that is at least partly cylindrical configured to receive a drink product to be processed. The vessel chamber includes a front, a rear, a right side, a left side, a top, and a bottom, and the vesse...