ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,855, issued on April 7, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Drink maker with detachably connectable mixing vessel" was invented by Matthew Roberts (Needham, Mass.), Michael Lerman (Providence, R.I.), Macrae Benziger (Dedham, Mass.), Alexander Mularski (Auburn, Mass.), Joyce Tu (Melrose, Mass.) and Cameron John Auger (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frozen drink maker is described that includes a housing, a mixing vessel to mix a drink product, and a flexible seal. The housing includes an upper housing section and a lever moveable relative to the upper housing section between a coupled positio...