ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,817, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to InSinkErator LLC (Benton, Mich.).
"Baffle with anti-reverse stoppers" was invented by Matthew Sandoval (Waukesha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Food waste disposers, particularly food waste disposers for installation under a sink, can include a mounting assembly that has a baffle. Each baffle of the present technology can include an outer rim, a plurality of flaps that are attached to the outer rim by a hinge and extend radially inwardly from the outer rim. Each flap can have an anti-reverse stopper that is intended to resist upward movement of the flap during operation, to prevent food w...