Patent ID: 8109668

Claim:
A blender for blending foodstuff, the blender comprising: a motor housing surrounding an electric motor, the motor housing having an outer surface, a first end and a second end, the outer surface having a first mounting member, the motor housing including a control electrically connected to the motor; and a jar having an open end, a blending end, a bottom rim and a sidewall extending from the open end to the bottom rim, the sidewall defining an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface, the jar including a blade assembly proximate to the blending end, the jar being removably mountable to the first end of the motor housing in a operable position, the interior surface having a second mounting member, the second mounting member being in releasable registry with the first mounting member when the open end of the jar is placed over the first end of the motor housing in a storage position such that the motor housing is at least partially contained within the jar, the jar further including a notch in the blending end, the notch extending completely through the sidewall of the jar from the interior surface of the jar to the opposing exterior surface of the jar.