Patent ID: 11930966
Assignee: PERFECT COMPANY
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 14:
15. A mixing apparatus comprising:
a base with a base annular wall, an integrated scale with a scale plate positioned within the base annular wall, the base with a motor coupled to a motor clutch plate;
a vessel having a first open end and a second open end;
a coupling unit comprising an agitator coupled to a blender clutch plate, wherein the coupling unit is coupled to the first open end of the vessel;
wherein the coupling unit has a coupling unit annular wall configured to insert within the base annular wall;
wherein the coupling unit has a coupling unit key positioned in an interior space of the coupling unit annular wall, the coupling unit key configured for engaging with the scale plate when the coupling unit is within the base annular wall in a first rotational position in which the blender clutch plate does not engage the motor clutch plate; and
wherein the coupling unit is configured for rotating within the base annular wall relative to the base from the first rotational position until the coupling unit is in a second rotational position in which the coupling unit key no longer engages the scale plate and the coupling unit lowers down onto the base such that the blender clutch plate engages the motor clutch plate.