IP Library Granted Patent US 10,362,904
Granted Patent B2
US 10,362,904 · App. 15/453,117 · Granted Jul 30, 2019

Food processor system

Inventor: Daniel Stephen Potter (Seabrook, NH)
Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
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Patent No.
US 10,362,904
App. No.
15/453,117
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base for a food processing system is provided including a housing configured to couple with a complementary container. The housing includes a bottom surface. At least one suction device is mounted to the bottom surface and is configured to adhere the base to an adjacent surface. At least one release mechanism is mounted to mounted generally flush with an outer surface of the housing. The at least one release mechanism is operably coupled to at least one suction device and is movable between a first position and a second position to release the at least one suction device from the adjacent surface.

Claims (12)

1. A base for a food processing system, comprising: a housing configured to couple with a complementary container, the housing including a bottom surface;

at least one suction device mounted to the bottom surface, the at least one suction device being configured to adhere the base to an adjacent surface; and

at least one release mechanism operably coupled to the at least one suction device, the at least one release mechanism being movable between a first position and a second position to apply a vertical force to an outer periphery of the at least one suction device to release the at least one suction device from the adjacent surface, wherein an exterior surface of the at least one release mechanism arranged generally flush with an outer surface of the housing in both the first position and the second position, wherein the at least one release mechanism includes a first release mechanism and a second release mechanism disposed at opposing sides of the base, respectively.

2. The base according to claim 1 , wherein the release mechanism is configured to move vertically between the first position and the second position.

3. The base according to claim 1 , wherein the release mechanism is configured to move between the first position and the second position in response to application of a force by a user of the food processing system.

4. The base according to claim 1 , wherein the release mechanism includes a planar surface arranged approximately parallel to the bottom surface.

5. The base according to claim 1 , wherein the first release mechanism and the second release mechanism are independently operable.

6. The base according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one suction device includes a front right suction device, a back right suction device, a front left suction device, a back left suction device.

7. The base according to claim 6 , wherein the first release mechanism is operably coupled to the front right suction device and the back right suction device, and the second release mechanism is operably coupled to the front left suction device and the back left suction device.

8. The base according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one suction device is a suction cup.

9. The base according to claim 1 , wherein the container configured to couple to the base further includes a rotatable blade assembly driven about an axis, the rotatable blade assembly being positioned adjacent a bottom of the container.

10. The base according to claim 1 , wherein the container configured to couple to the base further includes a rotatable blade assembly driven about an axis, the rotatable blade assembly being positioned adjacent a top of the container.

Assignments (4)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 064600/0098 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2020
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: GLOBAL APPLIANCE INC.; SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC; SHARKNINJA MANAGEMENT COMPANY; SHARKNINJA SALES COMPANY; EURO-PRO HOLDCO, LLC; GLOBAL APPLIANCE UK HOLDCO LIMITED; COMPASS CAYMAN SPV, LTD.; COMPASS CAYMAN SPV 2 LIMITED; EP MIDCO LLC
Reel/Frame 052311/0585 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2017
From: GLOBAL APPLIANCE INC.; SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC; SHARKNINJA MANAGEMENT COMPANY; SHARKNINJA SALES COMPANY; EURO-PRO HOLDCO, LLC; GLOBAL APPLIANCE UK HOLDCO LIMITED; COMPASS CAYMAN SPV, LTD.; COMPASS CAYMAN SPV 2 LIMITED; EP MIDCO LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 044321/0885 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2017
From: POTTER, DANIEL STEPHEN
To: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
Reel/Frame 041505/0181 →
Continuity (3)
Division 14927998 · Oct 30, 2015
Provisional Application 62129493 · Mar 6, 2015
Related Publication 20170172347A1 · Jun 22, 2017