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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Insinkerator Llc, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Ryan Maruszewski, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
Walter A Bennage, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Jeffrey S Ward, Kenosha, WI (US);
Kevin Mcclory, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
Kelly T Gamble, Waterford, WI (US);
Dane Hofmeister, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
Srinivasan Ramalingam, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
Miles E Strand, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
INSINKERATOR LLC, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Sound dampening swiveling lugs for food waste disposers, food waste disposers having sound dampening swiveling lugs, and methods of making food waste disposers having sound dampening swiveling lugs are provided. Sound dampening swiveling lugs may include a lug portion, a fastening post, and a sound dampening material on a contact surface between the fastening post and the lug portion. Food waste disposers include a grinding section with a rotating shedder plate that includes at least one sound dampening swiveling lug. Methods of making a food waste disposer include attaching a sound dampening material to a contact surface between the fastening post and the lug portion of a sound dampening swiveling lug.