Patent ID: 7168845
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: A47J,B01F

Abstract:
1. A container for blending food product comprising: a vessel having an upper opening through which food product is chargeable into the vessel, the opening defining a circumferential rim having a radially projecting outer periphery, and the vessel further having a lower end at an opposite end of the vessel to the upper opening, a lid for closing the upper opening, the lid being fitted over said outer periphery of the opening and secured by a clip or a sealing action, blending means for blending food product in the container, the blending means including an impeller mounted on the lid for rotation relative thereto and for location within the container, the blending means further being drivably connectable to drive means external to the container, the impeller being united with the lid during use, and the container being arranged to be engaged by securing means for securing the vessel in an inverted position during blending, wherein the container is configured such that the lid and impeller are lowermost and the lower end is uppermost in the inverted position, and wherein the vessel is nestable with other vessels of the same kind and configuration, one inside another such that when nested the lower end of the nesting vessel is adjacent the lower end of a nested vessel.