# US 10,870,974 B2 · FOG disposal article > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,974 B2 - Document ID: US10870974B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/016,264 - Filed: 2018-06-22 - Published: 2018-10-18 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2014-07-04 - Applicants: Shawn Alan Santos - Inventors: Shawn Alan Santos - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870974B2 ## CPC - E03C 1/26: Object-catching inserts or similar devices for waste pipes or outlets (E03C1/28 takes precedence) - C02F 1/285: {using synthetic organic sorbents} - E03C 1/264: Separate sieves or similar object-catching inserts - C02F 1/40: Devices for separating or removing fatty or oily substances or similar floating material (cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or like materials E02B15/04; devices in sewers for separating liquid or solid substances from sewage E03F5/14, e.g. for use in drains leading to the sewer E03F5/16) - C02F 2101/32: Hydrocarbons, e.g. oil - C02F 2103/32: from the food or foodstuff industry, e.g. brewery waste waters - C02F 2307/08: Treatment of wastewater in the sewer, e.g. to reduce grease, odour - E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS - C02F: TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE (separation in general B01D; special arrangements on waterborne vessels of installations for treating water, waste water or sewage, e.g. for producing fresh water, B63J; adding materials to water to prevent corrosion C23F; treating radioactively-contaminated liquids G21F9/04; regeneration of reactants for recirculation into processes, see the relevant places for the processes) ## Abstract An article, a container, and a method for disposing of fat, oil, and/or grease (FOG). The article may include a top portion including a top opening and a perimeter rim, and a body portion connected to and below the top portion having: a continuous FOG-impermeable membrane and upper and lower body portions. The body portion may include a body middle surface dividing upper and lower body portions and may be placed on at least a portion of a surface. The lower body portion may be sized to fit within a drain. The container may include an integrally formed continuous outer shell including a partially hollow interior, a top part having a top opening, and liquid impermeable bottom and upper parts, and a middle part dividing the top and bottom parts and including at least one middle edge for placement on a first surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for disposing of fat, oil, and/or grease (FOG), the method comprising: positioning at least one edge of a container on a first bottom surface of a sink surrounding a first drain of the sink so that a top opening of a top portion of the container is facing upward, and at least some of a body portion of the container lies below the first bottom surface and within the first drain, the body portion having a FOG-impermeable membrane; pouring the FOG through the top opening and into the body portion of the container, the container preventing the FOG from passing down the first drain; wherein the FOG-impermeable membrane of the body portion is liquid-impermeable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the positioning comprises resting at least two edges of the container on the first bottom surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the at least two edges are located on different sides of the container. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the at least two edges are located on opposite sides of the container. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one edge comprises a first perimeter rim, and the positioning comprises resting the first perimeter rim of the container on the first bottom surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the first perimeter rim is located at the top portion of the container. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the first perimeter rim is located at the body portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the body portion comprises an upper body portion and a lower body portion, and the first perimeter rim divides the upper body portion and the lower body portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the body portion has a first maximum width, and the first drain has a second maximum width greater than the first maximum width, and the first perimeter rim has a third maximum width greater than the second maximum width. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the body portion has a concave shape, and the positioning comprises positioning the at least one edge of the container on the first bottom surface so that at least some of the concaved shaped body portion lies within the first drain. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein an interior of the body portion comprises absorbent material, the method further comprising: absorbing at least some of the FOG poured into the body portion using the absorbent material. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the body portion is connected to and located below the top portion, and the FOG-impermeable membrane is continuous. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first bottom surface of the sink comprises at least a first surface area portion, and the at least one edge comprises a second surface area portion configured for placement against the first surface area portion of the first bottom surface of the sink; wherein the positioning the at least one edge of the container on the first bottom surface of the sink further comprises: placing the second surface area portion of the at least one edge against the first surface area portion of the first bottom surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising placing the second surface area portion of the at least one edge against the first surface area portion of the first bottom surface so that all of the second surface area portion overlaps with at least some of the first surface area portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the first surface area portion and the overlapping second surface area portion are parallel-oriented. ### Claim 16 A method for disposing of fat, oil, and/or grease (FOG), the method comprising: positioning at least one edge of a container on a first bottom surface of a sink surrounding a first drain of the sink so that a top opening of a top portion of the container is facing upward, and at least some of a body portion of the container lies below the first bottom surface and within the first drain, the body portion having a FOG-impermeable membrane; pouring the FOG through the top opening and into the body portion of the container, the container preventing the FOG from passing down the first drain; wherein the at least one edge comprises a first perimeter rim, and the positioning comprises resting the first perimeter rim of the container on the first bottom surface, wherein the body portion has a first maximum width, and the first drain has a second maximum width greater than the first maximum width, and the first perimeter rim has a third maximum width greater than the second maximum width, wherein the container comprises a second perimeter rim having a fourth maximum width greater than the third maximum width, the method further comprising: removing the container from the first bottom surface; and resting the second perimeter rim on a second bottom surface of a sink surrounding a second drain having a fifth maximum width less than the fourth maximum width but greater than the second maximum width. ### Claim 17 A method for disposing of fat, oil, and/or grease (FOG), the method comprising: positioning at least one edge of a container on a first bottom surface of a sink surrounding a first drain of the sink so that a top opening of a top portion of the container is facing upward, and at least some of a body portion of the container lies below the first bottom surface and within the first drain, the body portion having a FOG-impermeable membrane; pouring the FOG through the top opening and into the body portion of the container, the container preventing the FOG from passing down the first drain; wherein the pouring the FOG through the top opening and into the body portion of the container, the container preventing the FOG from passing down the first drain, further comprises the container preventing any other substance poured therein with the FOG from passing down the first drain.