Supporting structure for waste disposal apparatus

Claim 1

A SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR SUSPENDING A WASTE DISPOSAL APPARATUS FROM A SINK BENEATH A DRAIN OPENING THEREIN, INCLUDING: (A) A MOUNTING RING CONNECTABLE TO THE SINK IN A POSITION BELOW THE DRAIN OPENING THEREIN; (B) CONNECTING MEANS FOR FIRMLY SECURING SAID MOUNTING RING BELOW SAID SINK; (C) A SUPPORTING RING FOR THE WASTE DISPOSAL APPARATUS CONNECTABLE TO THE UPPER END OF SUCH APPARATUS; (D) FIRST INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS ON SAID MOUNTING RING AND ON SAID SUPPORTING RING, RESPECTIVELY, FOR RELEASABLY SECURING SAID SUPPORTING RING TO SAID MOUNTING RING TO THEREBY SUPPORT AT LEAST A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE WEIGHT OF SAID WASTE PROVIDING FOR PIVOTAL SAID FIRST INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS PROVIDING FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID MOUNTING RING AND SAID SUPPORTING RING; (E) SECOND INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS ON SAID MOUNTING RING AND ON SAID SUPPORTING RING, SAID SECOND INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS BEING SPACED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY FROM SAID FIRST INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE REMAINDER OF SAID WEIGHT FOR FURTHER SECURING SAID SUPPORTING RING TO SAID MOUNTING RING AND (F) SAID SECOND INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF LOCKING ELEMENTS WHEREIN ONE LOCKING ELEMENT OF EACH PAIR IS PROVIDED WITH SHOULDER MEANS DIRECTED AWAY FROM THE OTHER LOCKING ELEMENT OF THE RESPECTIVE PAIR, AND WHEREIN THE OTHER LOCKING ELEMENT OF EACH PAIR INCLUDES A RESILIENTLY DEFORMABLE PORTION NORMALLY DISPOSED IN INTERLOCKING POSITION ON SAID SHOULDER MEANS, SAID DEFORMABLE PORTION BEING RESILIENTLY DEFORMABLE FOR MOVEMENT OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SHOULDER MEANS TO RELEASE THE SECOND INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS FOR SEPARATION OF SAID MOUNTING RING FROM SAID SUPPORTING RING, WHEREBY SAID WASTE DISPOSAL APPARATUS MAY BE READILY REMOVED FROM SAID SINK AFTER DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID FIRST INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS.