US Patent Issued to InSinkErator on Oct. 28 for "System and method for plugging waste disposer auxiliary port" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,818, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to InSinkErator LLC (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"System and method for plugging waste disposer auxiliary port" was invented by Jeffrey S. Ward (Kenosha, Wis.), Kelly T. Gamble (Waterford, Wis.), Kevin McClory (Pleasant Prairie, Wis.) and Dane Hofmeister (Mount Pleasant, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Waste disposers, such as food waste disposers, combination systems including such waste disposers, and related methods, are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, a food waste disposer includes a dishwasher inlet having an inner wall that defines a channel and includes a first protrusion that e...