Patent ID: 7314308

Claim:
A mixing attachment for a mixer for mixing food in a bowl having curved side and a bottom, comprising: an upper engagement member configured for releasably engaging a turning component of the mixer, such that when the upper engagement member is engaged with the turning component and the mixer is activated, the upper engagement member moves; two and only two arms depending down from the upper engagement member and opposed to each other, each arm including a respective scraper segment contoured generally complementarily to the side of the bowl, the scraper segments joining each other at a bottom of the attachment, the bottom of the attachment being juxtaposed with the bottom of the bowl when the attachment is engaged with the mixer and the bowl is positioned beneath the turning component of the mixer with the attachment extending into the bowl; and a respective resilient blade engaged with each scraper segment along a substantial length thereof and being spaced from each other at the bottom of the attachment, the blades bearing at least one of the following relationships when the attachment is engaged with the mixer and the bowl is positioned beneath the turning component of the mixer with the attachment extending into the bowl: riding against the side of the bowl, and being closely spaced from the side of the bowl, wherein the arms are curved in a top-to-bottom dimension defined by the bowl and are also curved in an azimuthal dimension that is orthogonal to the top-to-bottom dimension.