US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on Oct. 14 for "Adjustable blade assembly for a food processor" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,068, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Adjustable blade assembly for a food processor" was invented by Nathan Lyell (Woking, Great Britain) and Sam William Bannister (Kent, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable blade assembly includes a threaded hub coupleable to a drive shaft of a food processor and a slicing plate slidably mounted on the hub. A slicing blade couples to the hub above a first surface of the slicing plate for cutting food introduced into the food processor. A cannulated support collar couples to the hub and includes a plurality of detents. A slicing adj...