Sink disposer splash guard
AssigneeSeamless Drain, LLC
InventorDaniel O. Sullivan
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Abstract
A splash guard is adapted to be removably mounted in a neck portion of a sink disposer. The splash guard basically comprises a generally cylindrical sleeve which is sized to slidably fit into the neck portion of the disposer and defines a central bore; an upper ledge partially obstructing an upper portion of the central bore; a central ledge partially obstructing a medial portion of the central bore in opposition to the upper ledge; and a chute extending downwardly from a portion of the sleeve opposite the central ledge and terminating below said central ledge.
Claims14
A sink drain splash guard comprising:
- a sleeve delineating a vertical, non-linear flow path and configured to wedge at least partially within a mounting flange of a sink garbage disposal, the outer periphery of the sleeve demarcating a first peripheral groove, the sleeve including,
- a vertically recessed ledge radially protruding from an interior circumference of the sleeve to reduce a horizontal cross-sectional area of the flow path;
- and
- a chute having an interior surface that slopes downward to direct contents along the flow path, at least a portion of the chute underlapping at least a portion of the vertically recessed ledge.
A garbage disposal assembly comprising:
- a sink garbage disposal housing;
- a sink mounting flange configured to be received within a sink drain opening;
- a garbage disposal mounting flange configured to mount the garbage disposal housing to the sink mounting flange;
- and,
- a sink drain splash guard including a sleeve delineating a vertical, non-linear flow path and configured to wedge at least partially within at least one of the sink mounting flange and the garbage disposal mounting flange, the outer periphery of the sleeve demarcating a first peripheral groove, the sleeve including,
- a vertically recessed ledge radially protruding from an interior circumference of the sleeve to reduce a horizontal cross-sectional area of the flow path;
- and
- a chute having an interior surface that slopes downward to direct contents along the flow path, at least a portion of the chute underlapping at least a portion of the vertically recessed ledge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.