ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,581, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KENWOOD Ltd. (Havant, Great Britain).

"Kitchen appliance, food processor and safety interlock arrangement" was invented by Mark Seidler (Havant, Great Britain), Martin Hunt (Havant, Great Britain), Ben Woodling (Havant, Great Britain), Jamie Cox (Havant, Great Britain) and Jamie Weaden (Havant, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kitchen appliance 1, comprising: a base unit 100; and a food processor 500 having an outlet 416 for outputting processed food; wherein the food processor 500 is arranged to be mounted on the base unit 100 for operation such that it is capable of movement betwe...