Patent ID: 8789783

Claim:
A shredder comprising: a shredder housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded therethrough; a shredder mechanism received in the housing, the shredder mechanism including a motor and cutter elements, the shredder mechanism enabling the at least one article to be shredded to be fed into the cutter elements and the motor being operable to drive the cutter elements in a shredding direction so that the cutter elements shred the at least one article fed therein into particles; at least one shock absorbing element configured to connect the shredder mechanism and shredder housing, the shock absorbing element being generally “C”-shaped and comprising a first leg connected to the shredder mechanism, a second leg connected to the shredder housing, and a resilient section interconnecting the first and second legs in a spaced apart relation, and the at least one shock absorbing element configured to at least reduce vibrations transmitted from the shredder mechanism to the shredder housing during operation of the shredder, wherein the first leg and the second leg are offset from each other in a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension.