US Patent Issued to VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT on May 13 for "Blending system with a liner for blending container" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,526, issued on May 13, was assigned to VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT Corp. (Olmsted Township, Ohio).

"Blending system with a liner for blending container" was invented by John K. Barnard (Olmsted Township, Ohio) and Eugene J. Kozlowski (Medina, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blending container for retaining foodstuff to be blended by a blender, the blending container may include an outer sleeve having an inner surface and at least one interlock tab extending therefrom. An inner liner having a wall that extends from a perimeter of a bottom to define a cavity to retain the foodstuff to be blended, wherein at least a portion of the wall of...