IP Library Granted Patent US 9,427,112
Granted Patent B2
US 9,427,112 · App. 14/995,277 · Granted Aug 30, 2016

Drink mixer bottle and agitator

Inventors: David A. Aliberti (Verona, PA); Joshua Lederer (Pittsburgh, PA)
Assignee: Headquarters, Inc.
A47J43/27B01F13/0022
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Patent No.
US 9,427,112
App. No.
14/995,277
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An agitator is for use in a shaker. The agitator comprises a tetrahedral body having four planar faces, four vertices, and six edges, each edge traveling between each of the vertices. Each vertex is rounded off and configured to forcibly contact the container wall and an entirety of the bottom upon shaking the vessel. These rounded vertices create a propeller-like spinning and tumbling motion through the liquid-powder mixture when the vessel is vigorously shaken up and down, and scalloped edges of the agitator produce additional turbulence to efficiently blend a liquid/powder mixture.

Claims (9)

1. An agitator, comprising:

a generally tetrahedral body having four planar faces, four vertices, and six edges, each said edge traveling between each of said vertices; and,

wherein each said edge is scalloped and curves inward toward a geometric center of said body; and,

each said vertex is rounded off, and each said vertex transitions into each of said edges and each of said planar faces to define a transition portion between each of said edges.

2. The agitator of claim 1 , further comprising a medial portion defined along each said edge defined medially along each said edge, said medial portion flattened to define an oval-like cut-out along each said edge.

3. The agitator of claim 1 , wherein said tetrahedral body is a solid mass.

4. The agitator of claim 3 , wherein said tetrahedral body is food-grade silicon.

5. The agitator of claim 1 , wherein said tetrahedral body is food-grade plastic.

6. The agitator of claim 1 , wherein said tetrahedral body is partially hollow such that said tetrahedral body can be water or liquid-filled.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2017
From: ALIBERTI, DAVID A.
To: SOURCE DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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Continuity (3)
Division 14184773 · Feb 20, 2014
Provisional Application 61767775 · Feb 21, 2013
Related Publication 20160206154A1 · Jul 21, 2016