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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2023
Insinkerator Llc, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Thomas R. Berger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brian Retzke, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Mile Nikolic, Wadsworth, IL (US);
Insinkerator LLC, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Baffles for food waste disposers, systems employing such baffles, and methods of assembling, manufacturing, fabricating, or operating such baffles or baffle systems are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, a baffle for implementation in connection with a food waste disposer includes a rim portion, a plurality of flaps, and a plurality of living hinges, wherein the rim portion, living hinges, and flaps constitute a single integrally-formed structure. The respective living hinges permit the respective flaps to be rotatable about respective axes that respectively are substantially tangent to respective locations along or proximate to the rim portion, so that the respective flaps can be rotated to respective closed positions. Either the living hinges or at least one additional component tend to cause the respective flaps to remain at the respective closed positions or to return to the respective closed positions when not at the respective closed positions.