ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,062, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Vita-Mix Management Corp. (Olmsted Township, Ohio).
"Interlocking blending system" was invented by David J. Kolar (Olmsted Township, Ohio), Saifur T. Tareen (Olmsted Township, Ohio) and Eric Miller (Olmsted Township, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blender system that includes a base that is selectively and operatively engaged with a container that is shown and described herein. The base may include a near field communications chip that may communicate with a near field communications chip of a container. The base also includes a motor that is selectively and operatively engaged with a bl...