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US 2010/0132516 A1Published application
Plumbing tool
OwnerSteven Starkoinventor
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Abstract
A plumbing tool permits a drain body to be held in a drain opening of a bathtub from behind a drain end of the bathtub. The plumbing too has a head that can be engaged to the drain body and a handle that can be positioned so that an end of the handle projects through an overflow opening of the bathtub. The tool can prevent rotation and lifting of the drain body.
Claims17
A plumbing tool comprising:
- a head configured to engage a drain body;
- and,
- a handle coupled to the head, the handle configured to project through an overflow opening of a bathtub with the head engaged with a drain body in a drain opening of the bathtub.
A method for holding a drain body in a drain opening of a bathtub, the method comprising:
- engaging a head of a tool with the drain body and placing a handle connected to the head so that a portion of the handle extends through an overflow opening of the bathtub;
- and
- holding the extending portion of the handle while connecting the drain body to plumbing under the bathtub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.