Wallace

I. BACKGROUND

The following facts are drawn primarily from the SAC, ECF 45, which the Court must treat as true at the pleading stage. See Maya v. Centex Corp., 658 F.3d 1060, 1068 (9th Cir. 2011). 27 A. The Alleged Defect Most consumers are familiar with blenders, which have been fixtures of household 2 kitchens for decades. Used to mix and pulverize foods using sharp blades, blenders typically 3 consist of a motorized base and a blending pitcher. In a traditional blender, there is a single set of 4 short blades locked to the bottom of the pitcher. SAC 4 30. SharkNinja manufactures a line of 5 blenders that employ a unique blade arrangement (the “Ninja Blenders”), which purports to deliver 6 exceptional blending performance. Id. 4] 4. As shown in the image below, the Ninja Blenders 7 have a “Stacked Blade Assembly”: multiple blades mounted along a vertical column that sits in 8 the center of the pitcher and extends the entire height of the pitcher. Jd. ff] 1,31. In the case of 9 Wallace’s particular model, the Ninja Professional Blender BL660 (the “BL660”), there were six 10 blades. Id. 16, 31. According to SharkNinja, the Stacked Blade Assembly…