Patent ID: 7364651

Claim:
A remotely controllable under-counter water treatment and garbage disposal system comprising: an under-counter water treatment system with an electrical plug; an under-counter unswitched garbage disposal with an AC power electrical plug; an under-counter remote unit with an AC power electrical plug connectable to an under-counter switched AC power wall outlet, said remote unit having at least two AC power outlets, said electrical plug of said under-counter water treatment system and said under-counter unswitched garbage disposal each electrically plugged into one of said AC power outlets of said under-counter remote unit, said under-counter remote unit controlling power to said under-counter water treatment system and said under-counter unswitched garbage disposal, said under-counter remote unit including a receiver; an above-counter wall switch electrically coupled to said under-counter switched AC power wall outlet, wherein said above-counter wall switch operates to selectively provide power to said under-counter switched AC power wall outlet; and an above-counter control unit having an electrical plug connectable to an above-counter AC power wall outlet, said above-counter control unit having a transmitter for transmitting power control signals to said under-counter remote unit, said signals being tagged with a code unique to a corresponding pair of said under-counter remote unit and said above-counter control unit, whereby said under-counter remote unit controls the supply of power to said under-counter water treatment system and said under-counter unswitched garbage disposal only when signals with said code are received.