US Patent Issued to Vita-Mix Management on May 20 for "Centering pad and removable enclosure for a blender" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,072, issued on May 20, was assigned to Vita-Mix Management Corp. (Olmsted Township, Ohio).

"Centering pad and removable enclosure for a blender" was invented by Phonesacksith Guy Kettavong (Medina, Ohio), Alan Pilch (Olmsted Township, Ohio), David Kanning (Valley City, Ohio) and Matthew John Dugan (Medina, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present system provides an enclosure which engages a blender base via friction fit created by one or more engagement members, so that a rotation of the enclosure and blender base relative to one another secures the enclosure to the blender base with an audible or tactile confirmation. A cente...