Patent ID: 9204759
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A47J,B01F

Abstract:
1. A dressing shaker, comprising: a container body having sidewalls defining an interior space, the container body further having a base at a lower end of the container and a spout at an upper end of the container, the spout providing a path for a flow of dressing from the interior space to a location outside the container body; a guide supported within the container body between the upper end and the lower end; and a mixing element slideably moveable along the guide, the mixing element having an upper portion and a lower portion joined together, the upper portion having an upper hub surrounding an upper central bore, the lower portion having a lower hub and a lower central bore, the guide being received within the upper central bore and the lower central bore, the upper portion further having a first plurality of arms radiating outwardly from the upper hub and spiraling about the guide in a first direction, the lower portion having a second plurality of arms radiating outwardly from the lower hub and spiraling about the guide in a second direction opposite the first direction, each of the arms from the first plurality of arms joining with a separate one of the arms in the second plurality of arms; whereby shaking the container body causes the mixing element to move along a path defined by the guide and to mix the dressing within the container body.