ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,071, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sunbeam Products Inc. (Atlanta).

"Blender sound shield" was invented by Enrique Plazarte (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blender system is provided that includes a first jar, and second jar, and a blender base. The blender system is operable in a first mode wherein the first jar is coupled to the blender base and the objects within the first jar are blended or processed. The blender system is also operable in a second mode wherein the first jar and the second jar are coupled to the blender base. In this configuration, the objects to be processed are contained within the s...