Blending jar having a vortex shifting means

Abstract

A variety of embodiments of blending containers are shown herein. In one embodiment, the blending container includes a mixing blade that rotates on an axis adjacent to the bottom of the blending container. The blending container includes one or more walls that extend upward from the bottom and a handle secured to the one or more walls. The blending container may be configured so that a vortex created when liquid is blended inside the container is not positioned over the axis. The blending containers may also be configured to stack inside one another.

1 . A blending container comprising:
 a mixing blade which rotates on an axis;   a bottom positioned below the mixing blade; and   a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, and a fourth wall each of which extends upward from the bottom and is planar;   wherein the first wall faces the third wall and the second wall faces the fourth wall;   wherein an area where the second wall meets the third wall forms an at least substantially right angle, and an area where the third wall meets the fourth wall forms an at least substantially right angle; and   wherein an area where the first wall meets the fourth wall is positioned closer to the axis than the area where the second wall meets the third wall.   
   
   
       2 . The blending container of  claim 1  wherein an area where the first wall meets the second wall forms an at least substantially right angle. 
   
   
       3 . The blending container of  claim 1  comprising a handle positioned adjacent to the area where the first wall meets the fourth wall. 
   
   
       4 . The blending container of  claim 1  comprising a handle having a vertically oriented aperture that extends through the handle. 
   
   
       5 . The blending container of  claim 1  wherein the area where the first wall meets the fourth wall is planar. 
   
   
       6 . A blending container comprising:
 a mixing blade which rotates on an axis;   a bottom positioned below the mixing blade;   a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, and a fourth wall each of which extends upward from the bottom and is planar; and   means for moving the vortex created when liquid is blended inside the blending container away from being over the axis;   wherein the first wall faces the third wall and the second wall faces the fourth wall; and   wherein the second wall meets the third wall at a corner that extends substantially straight up a side of the blending container.   
   
   
       7 . The blending container of  claim 6  wherein the means for moving the vortex extends upward from the bottom and is positioned between the first wall and the fourth wall. 
   
   
       8 . A stack of blending containers comprising two of the blending containers recited in  claim 6  wherein each of the blending containers further comprises a handle and wherein the two blending containers are stacked one inside the other so that the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall from one blending container are positioned adjacent to the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall, respectively, of the other blending container and so that the handle from the one blending container is positioned at least in part in the handle of the other blending container. 
   
   
       9 . The blending container of  claim 6  wherein the corner where the second wall meets the third wall is a second corner, and wherein the first wall meets the second wall at a first corner and the third wall meets the fourth wall at a third corner, wherein the first corner and the third corner extend straight up the side of the blending container. 
   
   
       10 . The blending container of  claim 6  wherein the corner where the second wall meets the third wall is a second corner, and wherein the first wall meets the second wall at a first corner and the third wall meets the fourth wall at a third corner, wherein the means for moving the vortex is positioned between the first wall and the fourth wall. 
   
   
       11 . The blending container of  claim 10  wherein each of the first corner, the second corner, and the third corner form an at least substantially right angle. 
   
   
       12 . The blending container of  claim 10  wherein the axis is positioned closer to the means for moving the vortex than to the first corner, the second corner, or the third corner. 
   
   
       13 . The blending container of  claim 6  wherein the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall define an opening that has a generally rectangular shape. 
   
   
       14 . The blending container of  claim 1  wherein the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall define an opening that has a generally rectangular shape. 
   
   
       15 . The blending container of  claim 1  wherein the area where the second wall meets the third wall forms a corner that extends straight up a side of the blending container. 
   
   
       16 . The blending container of  claim 1  wherein the area where the first wall meets the fourth wall moves the vortex created when liquid is blended inside the container away from being over the axis. 
   
   
       17 . The blending container of  claim 2  wherein the axis is positioned to the area where the first wall meets the fourth wall than to the area where the first wall meets the second wall, the area where the second wall meets the third wall, or the area where the third wall meets the fourth wall.