US Patent Issued to INSINKERATOR on Aug. 11 for "Food waste disposer with grating ring" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,985, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to INSINKERATOR LLC (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Food waste disposer with grating ring" was invented by Matthew R Sandoval (Waukesha, Wis.), Clyde C. Verhoff (Fox Point, Wis.) and Charles A. Farago (Kenosha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Grinding mechanisms for food waste disposers, and food waste disposers having grinding mechanisms are disclosed herein. The grinding mechanisms include a stationary grinding ring that includes a plurality of grater teeth, and a rotating shredder plate that includes at least one lug. The at least one lug may have at least a portion that is movable with respect to...