Patent ID: 7774890

Claim:
A sink drain insert for a sink drain equipped with a powered garbage disposal unit comprising: a rigid cylindrical base adapted to fit into a sink drain outlet, said base having an outer wall and an inner wall, a first open end, and a second open end, wherein the passage of solid debris and liquid may pass through said open ends, said inner wall having an edge; debris dislodging means, said dislodging means is “one of a brush element, a scraper and a combination of a brush element and a scraper”—a combination of a brush element and a scraper—, wherein said scraper comprises a portion of said edge of said inner wall, said portion of said edge having a sloping surface extending therefrom, thereby forming a scraping edge, said scraping edge running the circumferential length of said portion of said inner wall edge, wherein a utensil can be scraped along said portion to dislodge debris, wherein said dislodging means comprise a plurality of brush elements, said plurality of brush elements, each having a first distal end and a second distal end, said first distal ends being fixedly attached to said inner wall, said second distal ends extending perpendicularly away from said inner wall, said brush elements being adapted for brushings and scrubbing debris from utensils; and an annular resilient sealing member fixedly attached to said outer wall.