US 12,454,817 B2
Baffle with anti-reverse stoppers
Matthew Sandoval, Waukesha, WI (US)
Assigned to InSinkErator LLC, Benton, MI (US)
Filed by INSINKERATOR LLC, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,382.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/309,772, filed on Feb. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257979 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. E03C 1/264 (2006.01); B02C 18/00 (2006.01); E03C 1/266 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/264 (2013.01) [B02C 18/0092 (2013.01); E03C 1/2665 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A food waste disposer system comprising:
a food waste disposer; and
a mounting assembly configured to attach the food waste disposer to a sink, the mounting assembly including a baffle, a sink flange, and an upper mounting flange;
wherein the sink flange is configured to be attached to the sink, and the upper mounting flange is configured to couple the food waste disposer to the sink flange; and
wherein the baffle includes:
an outer rim that extends circumferentially about a central axis;
a plurality of flaps, each flap having a hinge end and a radially inward end, the hinge end being attached to the outer rim by a hinge, wherein each flap extends radially inwardly from the hinge toward the central axis to the radially inward end; and
an anti-reverse stopper attached to the hinge end of each flap, wherein (i) each anti-reverse stopper extends upwardly from the hinge end of each flap to which each anti-reverse stopper is attached, (ii) an inner surface of the outer rim extends upwardly from a radially-outward end of the hinge, and (iii) each anti-reverse stopper has a radially-outward end that extends upwardly from a radially-inward end of the lunge such that the radially-outward end of each anti-reverse stopper is spaced apart from and faces toward the inner surface of the outer rim when each flap to which each anti-reverse stopper is attached is in a resting position.