Patent ID: 7958819
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A blender and juicer system, comprising: a blender container having an open top and an open bottom; a removable juicer member, being hollow, having a top end and a bottom end, being open at each end, and being adapted for insertion into the blender container, the blender container being adapted to prevent over-insertion of the removable juicer member, and the removable juicer member being adapted to operatively engage the interior of the blender container; a plunger being adapted for insertion into the removable juicer member, the plunger being utilized during a juice extraction operation; means for defining the optimal range of plunger insertion into the removable juicer member; a set of elongated ridges being integrally formed on the interior of the blender container; wherein the removable juicer member comprises an outer lip at one end; wherein the removable juicer member comprises a funnel at another end, the funnel having an outwardly curving convex surface; wherein the outer lip includes a plurality of indentations configured to removably engage the set of elongated ridges; wherein the blender container comprises an internal step to prevent the over-insertion of the removable juicer member, the internal step being adapted to support the outer lip of the juicer upon engagement of the elongated ridges by the indentations; wherein the removable juicer member further comprises a filter disposed between the outer lip and the funnel; wherein the filter has a multi-panel sieve configuration; wherein the removable juicer member includes a substantially tubular body of variable diameter; wherein the multi-panel sieve filter substantially conforms to the shape of the tubular body and wherein the removable juicer member is configured to trap internally pulp remaining after a juice extraction operation.