Patent ID: 7021574

Claim:
A food waste mountable to a sink defining a surface having a drain opening therethrough, the food waste disposer comprising: a housing including a body portion defining a side wail and a top portion connected to the body portion, the top portion defining a plane generally perpendicular to the side wall and generally parallel to a plane defined by the surface of the sink having the drain opening therethrough, the top portion having a central opening therethrough generally coaxial with the drain opening when the housing is mounted to the sink; a rubberized vibration isolation gasket having a deformable gasket portion connectable to a sink via a sink connecting assembly and defining a central opening with a plurality of pleats extending into the central opening of the gasket portion, an overmolded portion and a sleeve portion connecting the deformable gasket portion and the overmolded portion, wherein the overmolded portion is received in the central opening of the top portion and is at least partially overmolded onto the top portion of the disposer housing such that the deformable gasket portion and the sleeve portion extend above the plane defined by the top portion and the overmolded portion extends below the plane defined by the top portion, and wherein at least a portion of the pleats extend below the plane defined by the top portion.