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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
Fb Global Plumbing Group Llc, North Olmsted, OH (US);
John R. Bohlen, Solon, OH (US);
Russell A. Ferqueron, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Kevin A. Lumby, Olmsted Township, OH (US);
Christopher W. McDonald, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Christian R. Rasmussen, Olmsted Falls, OH (US);
Fortune Brands Water Innovations LLC, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a disposal splash guard that enables water flowing into the disposal splash guard to be directed through peripheral openings in the disposal splash guard. The disposal splash guard comprises a body and a baffle. A size of the peripheral openings is operable to direct water flowing into the disposal splash guard through the peripheral openings in the baffle. At least one of a shape of the body and a shape of the baffle is operable to direct water flowing into the disposal splash guard through the peripheral openings in the baffle. At least one of a size of the peripheral openings, a shape of the body, and a shape of the baffle is operable to direct at least ten percent of water flowing into the disposal splash guard through the peripheral openings in the baffle.