Patent ID: 6431744
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A blender hopper for an electrically powered blender appliance, the blender hopper having a longitudinal axis and comprising:a horizontal bottom wall disposed in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis having four diametrically opposed orthogonal sides and four diagonal sides; a contiguous annular side wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall having a larger upper portion with a cross section generally in the form of a square with four diametrically opposed flat sides and diagonal corners defining an open top end and a smaller lower portion with a cross section generally in the form of an octagon with four diametrically opposed orthogonal sides and four diagonal sides; each of said diagonal sides of said octagon extending angularly upward and outward from said bottom wall and converging in a smooth transition into a respective one of said diagonal corners of said square to form a combination of four relatively narrower triangular side walls extending upwardly and outwardly from four diagonal sides of said bottom wall each with an upwardly facing apex adjoining a respective one of said diagonal corners of said square, and four wider truncated wedge-shaped walls extending upwardly and outwardly from said orthogonal sides of said octagon with upward facing wider ends adjoining each of said diametrically opposed sides of said square, respectively.