Patent ID: 8172454

Claim:
A cooling stick in combination with a blender: said blender comprising a base housing a vertically oriented drive motor, an open topped vessel adapted to removably mount to said base, a rotating blade assembly mounted to a lower end of said vessel, said blade assembly driven by said drive motor, a lid adapted to seal an upper end of said vessel, said lid having a circular aperture extending through said lid said cooling stick comprising: a cylindrical member, said member having an upper portion and a lower portion; said upper portion having a surrounding rim of a diameter larger than said circular aperture; said lower portion having an upper end sized and shaped to fit frictionally within said circular aperture and a lower end sized and shaped to avoid contact with said blade assembly; said cylindrical member having an interior chamber, an opening extending from an exterior of said member to said chamber and means for sealing said opening; a cooling fluid, said fluid disposed within said interior chamber and adapted to be either of cooled and frozen when said cooling stick is disposed in a cooling environment; and whereby, when said cooling stick is disposed in a cooling environment until chilled, said cooling stick is then mounted to said lid of said blender, said cooling stick will cool contents of said blender.