Patent ID: 7686240
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A kitchen appliance for processing foodstuff, said kitchen appliance comprising: a housing including a motor and a switch at an outer periphery thereof to permit actuation of the motor within the housing; a bowl, including a mouth, for enclosing a rotatable tool, the bowl being removably mountable to the housing, the bowl having a handle and a first actuator, the handle defining an opening between an exterior surface of the bowl and an interior surface of the handle, the handle enclosing an interior area that generally extends around an outer-most side of the opening, the first actuator positioned within the interior area of the handle for selectively actuating the switch; a bowl lid removably mountable over the mouth of the bowl, the bowl lid being in a working position when mounted over the bowl; a feed tube extending from a top wall of the bowl lid, the feed tube defining a feed cavity and including a feed mouth, the feed tube having a second actuator in an operative relationship with said first actuator; and a feed tube lid pivotably and removably mountable to the feed tube.