Support stand
OwnerKenneth Guy Heatoninventor
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Abstract
A stand for supporting a garbage disposal on a generally horizontal support surface includes threaded shaft with a platform at a top end thereof. A manually-actuable knob engages the threaded shaft to raise or lower the shaft and platform with respect to a base adapted for resting on the support surface and slidably receiving the threaded shaft therein. An alignment tool used for aligning a split retainer ring for receipt in an exterior ring groove formed around the exterior of a lower peripheral of a sink drain fitting may be included that works with the threaded rod and platform to facilitate installation of the split retainer ring on the sink drain fitting, providing dual use for the threaded shaft and platform.
Claims10
A stand for supporting a load on a support surface, comprising:
- a base adapted for resting on a support surface;
- a threaded shaft having a platform at a top end thereof;
- an upper base configured for receiving a portion of the threaded shaft therein through an open top end thereof;
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- a manually-actuable knob engaging the threaded shaft to raise or lower the shaft, platform, and the load with respect to the base;
- wherein the threaded shaft includes a notch formed in each thread at a first radial location about the threaded shaft, each notch aligned with the adjacent notches, the upper base including a tab projecting inwardly from an inside surface thereof, the tab configured to engage at least one of the notches of the threads as the threaded shaft moves up and down within the upper base, the tab of the upper base, being positioned in at least one of the notches, prevents relative rotation between the upper base and the threaded shaft and the threaded shaft and platform maintaining the same rotational position therealong;
- the knob including an outer surface adapted for manual gripping, a lower collar adapted to cover the open top end of the upper base and rotate thereon, and an inner thread configured for engaging the threaded shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.