ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,362, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).
"Pour-in opening for drink maker" was invented by Michael Lerman (Providence, R.I.), Macrae Benziger (Dedham, Mass.) and Ryan Michienzi (Cumberland, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pour-in opening for a frozen drink maker is disclosed. The frozen drink maker includes a dasher configured to rotate within a mixing vessel about a center axis. The pour-in opening is positioned on a top rear portion of the mixing vessel. The pour-in opening includes a surface that inclines radially with respect to the center axis of the dasher and an aperture position...