ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,738, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Mixing assembly for stand mixer with two or more connections" was invented by Ronald Scott Tarr (Louisville, Ky.), Bobby Lee Lindsey (Louisville, Ky.) and Yenhsi Lin (Prospect, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand mixer has a vertical direction, a transverse direction, and a lateral direction and includes a motor, a head comprising a central shaft operably coupled to the motor and rotating about a central axis, and an offset shaft operably coupled to the motor and rotating about an offset axis, and a mixing assembly comprising a transmi...