Patents Assigned to InSinkErator LLC
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Patent number: 11970849Abstract: Mounting assemblies for waste disposers such as food waste disposers, waste disposers employing such mounting assemblies, and related methods are disclosed herein. Mounting assemblies include an engagement feature having a first engagement structure located on the body flange and a second engagement structure located on the upper portion of the disposer body. When the engagement feature is in the engaged position, the body flange and the disposer body are engaged, forming a combined disposer and body flange assembly. The combined disposer and body flange assembly can be lifted into alignment with the strainer flange assembly and rotated as a unit to engage the body flange with the mounting flange.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Dane Hofmeister, Kevin McClory, Matt Sandoval, Ron Bauer, Mohammad Hossein Ansari, Eric Schultz, Mark T. Cammarota
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Patent number: 11788261Abstract: A faucet apparatus and method of implementing a faucet apparatus are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, the apparatus includes a body integrated or coupled to a base, where the body includes surfaces within which are formed first and second orifices that respectively extend inward into the body along first and second axes, respectively. A first cross-section of the first orifice taken perpendicular to the first axis has a first size and a first shape that are, respectively, substantially identical to a second size and a second shape of a second cross-section of the second orifice taken perpendicular to the second axis. The apparatus also includes a spout having a first end supported within the first orifice, and a sensor structure having a cross-sectional surface supported within the second orifice, where each of the first end and cross-sectional surface is configured to fit complementarily within either of the orifices.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Matthew A. Schmitt, Gregory Chesack, Mauricio Medaets
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Patent number: 11746511Abstract: A faucet apparatus and method of implementing a faucet apparatus are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, the apparatus includes a body integrated or coupled to a base, where the body includes surfaces within which are formed first and second orifices that respectively extend inward into the body along first and second axes, respectively. A first cross-section of the first orifice taken perpendicular to the first axis has a first size and a first shape that are, respectively, substantially identical to a second size and a second shape of a second cross-section of the second orifice taken perpendicular to the second axis. The apparatus also includes a spout having a first end supported within the first orifice, and a sensor structure having a cross-sectional surface supported within the second orifice, where each of the first end and cross-sectional surface is configured to fit complementarily within either of the orifices.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Matthew A. Schmitt, Gregory Chesack, Mauricio Medaets
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Patent number: 11717835Abstract: A control unit for a food waste disposer has a controller that determines operational status of the food waste disposer based on motor loading of an induction motor of the food waste disposer.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: InSinkErator LLCInventors: Thomas R. Berger, Charles A. Farago, Ronnie A. Wunderlich, Gregory L. Cleveland, Alan S. Rohulich
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Patent number: 11639598Abstract: Mounting assemblies for waste disposers such as food waste disposers, waste disposers employing such mounting assemblies, and related methods are disclosed herein. Mounting assemblies include an engagement feature having a first engagement structure located on the body flange and a second engagement structure located on the upper portion of the disposer body. When the engagement feature is in the engaged position, the body flange and the disposer body are engaged, forming a combined disposer and body flange assembly. The combined disposer and body flange assembly can be lifted into alignment with the strainer flange assembly and rotated as a unit to engage the body flange with the mounting flange.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Dane Hofmeister, Kevin McClory, Matt Sandoval, Ron Bauer, Mohammad Hossein Ansari, Eric Schultz, Mark T. Cammarota
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Patent number: 11549249Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an operational status of a waste disposer are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, a waste disposer assembly includes a waste disposer, a sprayer mechanism, and a switching system. The waste disposer is configured to be supported in relation to a sink. The sprayer mechanism is configured to be supportable in relation to the sink, is coupled at least indirectly to the sink by way of an extendable and retractable linkage, and includes an actuator mechanism that, upon being actuated, causes generation of a control signal. The switching system is supported in relation to the sink, is coupled at least indirectly to each of the sprayer mechanism and disposer, and is configured to operate so that, upon receiving the control signal from the actuator mechanism, a related signal is provided to the disposer causing the disposer to change or take on operational status.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: InSinkErator LLCInventors: Clyde C. Verhoff, Brandon R. Blanke, Charles A. Farago, Joseph D. Rosandich
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Patent number: 11549248Abstract: 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 waste disposer includes a rim portion, a plurality of flaps, and a plurality of living hinges, where 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 when already at those respective positions, or to return to those respective positions when not at those respective positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: InSinkErator LLCInventors: Thomas R. Berger, Brian Retzke, Mile Nikolic
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Patent number: D985998Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventor: Matthew Sandoval
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Patent number: D988474Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Matthew A. Schmitt, Brian Falcone
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Patent number: D988475Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Matthew A. Schmitt, Brian Falcone
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Patent number: D1014177Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventor: Matthew Sandoval
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Patent number: D1026175Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Carly A. Kelly, Joseph Rosandich, Clyde C. Verhoff, Benjamin Hines, Steffen F. Koury, Paul K. Metaxatos
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Patent number: D1026536Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Eric Schultz, Mark Cammarota, Kelly T. Gamble, Edward Gilchrest, Frank von Holzhausen, Scott Smith, Lee Marchetti, Craig Bures, Andrew Krystinik
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Patent number: D1026537Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Eric Schultz, Mark Cammarota, Kelly T. Gamble, Edward Gilchrest, Frank von Holzhausen, Scott Smith, Lee Marchetti, Craig Bures, Andrew Krystinik
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Patent number: D1026538Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Eric Schultz, Mark Cammarota, Kelly T. Gamble, Edward Gilchrest, Frank von Holzhausen, Scott Smith, Lee Marchetti, Craig Bures, Andrew Krystinik
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Patent number: D1026539Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Eric Schultz, Mark Cammarota, Kelly T. Gamble, Edward Gilchrest, Frank von Holzhausen, Scott Smith, Lee Marchetti, Craig Bures, Andrew Krystinik
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Patent number: D1026540Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2024Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLCInventors: Eric Schultz, Mark Cammarota, Kelly T. Gamble, Edward Gilchrest, Frank Von Holzhausen, Scott Smith, Lee Marchetti, Craig Bures, Andrew Krystinik