Jar lifter
AssigneeHearthmark, LLC
InventorsScott Hager, Linda Edgar
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Abstract
A pair of spring-biased pivoting levers is provided with a pair of flexible elastic grips. Each grip is contoured to conform to the surface of a jar and to elastically deform around a jar as a user squeezes the levers together. Each grip can be formed with an arcuate groove for receiving an annular rib commonly formed on canning jars.
Claims15
A jar lifter, comprising:
- a first lever;
- a second lever pivotally connected to said first lever;
- a first flexible arcuate grip provided on said first lever;
- and
- a second flexible arcuate grip provide on said second lever.
The jar lifter of claim 2, further comprising a spring-biased pivot connection between said first and second levers.
A method of lifting a jar with a jar lifting tool having a pair of spring-biased levers, a pair of handles on said spring-biased levers and a pair of flexible elastic grips on said pair of spring-biased levers, wherein said method comprises:
- positioning said pair of spring-biased levers around a jar;
- squeezing said pair of handles toward each other to engage said flexible elastic grips with said jar;
- elastically deforming said flexible elastic grips around said jar by further squeezing said pair of handles toward each other;
- and
- lifting said jar with said jar lifting tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.