Garbage disposal installation tool

A garbage disposal installation tool for supporting a garbage disposal beneath a drain opening of a sink at an installation position, the garbage disposal installation tool comprising:

• a hook configured to be selectively engaged with the garbage disposal such that the garbage disposal can hang from the hook when the hook is engaged with the garbage disposal;
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• an elongate suspender comprising a top end portion, a bottom end portion, and a suspender length extending from the top end portion to the bottom end portion, the bottom end portion of the suspender being connected to the hook, the suspender including a connector configured to connect the suspender to the sink and an elastic segment located along the suspender length between the bottom end portion and the connector, the elastic segment being configured to resiliently extend along the suspender length when a tension is imparted on the elastic segment, the elastic segment being configured to impart a biasing force that urges the bottom end portion of the suspender toward the connector when the elastic segment is extended;
• wherein the suspender is configured so that, when the connector is connected to the sink and the hook engages the garbage disposal at the installation position, the elastic segment is extended and the biasing force urges the garbage disposal toward a bottom portion of the sink;
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• wherein the elastic segment of the suspender comprises an elastic cord.

A garbage disposal installation tool for supporting a garbage disposal beneath a drain opening of a sink at an installation position, the garbage disposal installation tool comprising:

• a hook configured to be selectively engaged with the garbage disposal such that the garbage disposal can hang from the hook when the hook is engaged with the garbage disposal;
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• an elongate suspender comprising a top end portion, a bottom end portion, and a suspender length extending from the top end portion to the bottom end portion, the bottom end portion of the suspender being connected to the hook, the suspender including a connector configured to connect the suspender to the sink;
• wherein the hook has a first end portion, a second end portion, and a width extending from the first end portion to the second end portion that is greater than an inner diameter of a lip portion of the garbage disposal such that the first and second end portions of the hook can simultaneously engage a bottom side of the lip portion when the hook is received inside the garbage disposal, the bottom end portion of the suspender being connected to the hook at a location spaced apart along the width of the hook between the first and second end portions of the hook;
• wherein the hook has a top edge margin, the top edge margin having first and second end segments along the first and second end portions of the hook and a middle supplemental arch between the first and second end segments, the supplemental arch protruding upwardly with respect to the first and second end segments in a non-uniform manner.

A garbage disposal installation tool for supporting a garbage disposal beneath a drain opening of a sink at an installation position, the garbage disposal installation tool comprising:

• a hook configured to be selectively engaged with the garbage disposal such that the garbage disposal can hang from the hook when the hook is engaged with the garbage disposal;
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• an elongate suspender comprising a flexible suspension line having a top end portion, a bottom end portion, and a suspender length extending from the top end portion to the bottom end portion, the bottom end portion of the suspender being connected to the hook, the suspender further comprising a plurality of connectors at spaced apart locations along the suspender length, each of the connectors being configured to be selectively connected to the sink at a common connection point to suspend the hook from the sink,
• wherein when each connector is connected to the sink at the common connection point, the respective connector connects the suspender to the sink so that the hook is suspended and spaced apart from the common connection point by a respective suspension distance, wherein the respective suspension distance of each of the plurality of connectors is different.

A garbage disposal installation tool for supporting a garbage disposal beneath a drain opening of a sink at an installation position, the garbage installation tool comprising;

• a hook configured to be selectively engaged with the garbage disposal such that the garbage disposal can hang from the hook when the hook is engaged with the garbage disposal;
• an elongate suspender comprising a top end portion, a bottom end portion, and a suspender length extending from the top end portion to the bottom end portion, the bottom end portion of the suspender being connected to the hook;
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• an elongate brace having a top, a first end portion, a second end portion, and a length extending from the first end portion to the second end portion, the brace being configured to be supported on the sink across the drain opening such that the first end portion and the second end portion engage the sink on opposite sides of the drain opening, the brace having a first elongate side, a second elongate side, and a width extending from the first side to the second side, each of the first and second sides extending from adjacent the first end portion toward the second end portion of the brace, the brace defining a locking slot that intersects the first side at a location spaced apart between the first end portion and the second end portion of the elongate brace, the slot being sized and arranged to receive a portion of the suspender therein such that the suspender is positioned so that the locking formation engages the top of the brace to support the suspender on the brace.