Patent ID: 7758236

Claim:
An apparatus for blending food products comprising a container and a lid for the container, wherein rotary blending means are sealingly retained in a central opening in the lid and include an impeller on an underside of the lid and drive connection means on an opposite side of the lid, the blending means being driveably connectable to drive means externally of and separate from the container and the lid for rotation thereof, the apparatus further comprising a seating for receiving the container with its lid lowermost for blending and having drive means directed upwardly for engagement with the blending means, wherein the container has an opening which defines an upper edge of the container, the upper edge having an outwardly directed circumferential lip, wherein the lid has an outer portion configured to fit over the lip to be sealingly engaged over the opening, and wherein the lid has an aperture located radially outward of the rotary blending means through which blended product in the container can be accessed after inverted blending.