Garbage Disposal Apparatus with Integrated Retractable Hinge-mounted Plates and LED Light Source

Abstract

This invention describes a sink mounted garbage disposal apparatus that provides an integrated retractable set of overlapping plates attached to the throat of the disposal apparatus. The plates can be opened or closed and are constructed to prohibit disposal operation when in the opened position. The disposal apparatus also contains several LED light sources to provide illumination of the interior of the disposal device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . This invention (hereinafter known as a “Garbage Disposal Apparatus with Integrated Retractable Hinge-mounted Plates and LED Light Source”) provides for a sink mounted garbage disposal device that has attached at the throat of the disposal several overlapping plates that can be moved from an open position into a closed position and vice versa; wherein said plates are manually moved into the open and closed positions using tabs on the surface of the plates; wherein in the open position the plates provide for complete and unobstructed passage of liquid and solid objects into the disposal apparatus; and wherein in the closed position the plates provide for passage of liquid and small said particles but prohibit the passing of large objects into the disposal apparatus. 
     
     
         2 . The “Garbage Disposal Apparatus with Integrated Retractable Hinge-mounted Plates and LED Light Source” apparatus in  claim 1 , further providing for an electrical relay mechanism that prevents the disposal from operating when the plates are in the open position. 
     
     
         3 . The “Garbage Disposal Apparatus with Integrated Retractable Hinge-mounted Plates and LED Light Source” apparatus described in  claim 1 , further providing for several LED light sources mounted on the interior throat of the disposal apparatus to provide for illumination of the disposal apparatus contents when electrical power is applied to said LED light sources.