ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,788, issued on May 27, was assigned to INSINKERATOR LLC (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Reversible baffle for disposer system and method of implementing same in a sink flange of a disposer system" was invented by Kevin McClory (Racine, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Baffles for disposer systems, as well as disposer systems employing such baffles and methods of implementing and operating such baffles and disposer systems. In at least one example embodiment, a baffle includes a cylindrical rim and a plurality of pleats that are attached to, or integrally formed with, the cylindrical rim. A first face of the baffle includes a first struct...