Patent ID: 8789776

Claim:
A magnetic strap in combination with a garbage disposal secured to a sink for preventing the undesired passage of articles through a sink drain hole and into the garbage disposal, the combination comprising: a garbage disposal including a sink flange coupling the garbage disposal with the sink drain hole of the sink; a magnetic strap secured about the sink flange, the magnetic strap including: a strap member having a first end and a second end, with mating fastening members provided at the first end and the second end for selectively securing the first end to the second end so as to form a loop; and a plurality of magnets secured to the strap member, the magnets exhibiting sufficient strength to attract and trap ferrous objects by drawing the ferrous objects toward the sink flange where the ferrous objects are frictionally held to thereby prevent the ferrous objects from inadvertently slipping through the sink drain hole and into the garbage disposal.