ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,737, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).
"Vacuum food processing system" was invented by Sam William Bannister (London) and Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin (Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reservoir assembly for a food processing system including a vacuum mechanism includes a housing having a hollow interior, an inlet pipe extending through said housing into said hollow interior, a fluid flow path from said hollow interior to the vacuum mechanism, and a valve positioned within said hollow interior, said valve being movable to control a flow of air provided to the vacuum mechanism via sai...