ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,994, issued on March 24, was assigned to INSINKERATOR LLC (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Modular shredder ring for implementation in waste disposer and related method" was invented by Brandon R. Blanke (West Allis, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Modular shredding rings for implementation in waste disposers, such as food waste disposers, as well as waste disposers employing such modular shredder rings and related methods of operating and assembling, are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, a food waste disposer includes a food conveying section, a motor section, and a grinding section that are all supported by or formed within ...