Abstract A device for safely directing food waste through a flexible cover guard and into the inlet of a garbage disposal unit. The device comprises a pusher-scraper blade. Integrally formed at the end of the pusher-scraper blade is a hand grip. Auxiliary pusher blades are formed along the sides of the pusher-scraper blade and extend partially therealong at right angles thereto. The auxiliary pusher blades extend lengthwise along the pusherscraper blade from the vicinity of the hand grip to a point removed from the free end of the pushing-scraping blade. The auxiliary blades serve to facilitate the opening of the flexible cover guard so that food waste passes from a sink into the inlet of a garbage disposal unit. The hand grip is sufficiently large so that it cannot advance beyond the cover guard and pass into the garbage disposal unit. The pusher-scraper blade is sufficiently short so that even when inserted fully through the cover guard, it will not contact the moving parts of the garbage disposal unit.
Inventors
👤 H Gaetke
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-07 18:45
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47L; A47L17/00; A47L17/04; A47L17/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
A device for directing food waste through a flexible splash guard and into the inlet of a garbage disposal unit, said device comprising: a. a handle; b. a rigid pusher-scraper blade depending from said handle in a longitudinal direction; and c. at least one rigid auxiliary pusher blade on said pusherscraper blade extending longitudinally therealong, said auxiliary pusher blade being disposed perpendicularly along said pusher-scraper blade and having its lower end end spaced above the free end of said pusher-scraper blade.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
81 words
A device for directing food waste through a flexible splash guard and into the inlet of a garbage disposal unit, said device comprising: a. a handle; b. a rigid pusher-scraper blade depending from said handle in a longitudinal direction; and c. at least one rigid auxiliary pusher blade on said pusherscraper blade extending longitudinally therealong, said auxiliary pusher blade being disposed perpendicularly along said pusher-scraper blade and having its lower end end spaced above the free end of said pusher-scraper blade.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said auxiliary pusher blade has a lower end wall and the lower end wall of said auxiliary pusher blade is perpendicular to said pusher-scraper blade.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said pusher-scraper blade has a lower transverse end wall and longitudinal walls, the lower transverse end wall of said pusher-scraper blade is at right angles to the longitudinal walls of said pusher-scraper blade.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said pusher-scraper blade is integrally formed with said handle and wherein said auxiliary pusher blade is integrally formed with said pusher-scraper blade.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A device as claimed in claim 4 wherein said handle extends transversely to form a T-shaped configuration with said pusher scraper blade.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said auxiliary pusher blade has a lower end wall and the lower end of said auxiliary pusher blade is perpendicular to said pusher-scraper blade.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A device as claimed in claim 6 wherein said pusher-scraper blade has lower transverse and longitudinal walls and the lower transverse end wall of said pusher-scraper blade is at right angles to the longitudinal walls of said pusher blade.