Microwave Installation Support

A tool for mounting a microwave oven to a wall, comprising:

• an outer cylindrical member defining a longitudinal axis and a hollow interior region bounded by an internal cylindrical surface;
• a first inner cylindrical member defining a first end portion and a first member external cylindrical surface that is slidably engageable with the internal cylindrical surface of the outer cylindrical member along the longitudinal axis;
• and
• a second inner cylindrical member defining a second end portion and a second member external cylindrical surface that is slidably engageable with the internal cylindrical surface of the outer cylindrical member along the axis,
• wherein at least one of the first and second end portions is extendable and retractable along the longitudinal axis relative to the other one of the first and second end portions when the first and second inner cylindrical members are axially disposed in the hollow interior region of the outer cylindrical member at opposite ends thereof, for enabling a user to adjust a length dimension of the tool to be approximately equal to a measured distance between an underside surface of the microwave oven and a supporting surface when the underside surface of the microwave oven is oriented approximately parallel to the supporting surface.

A method for mounting a microwave oven to a wall, comprising:

• securing a mounting bracket to the wall, wherein the microwave oven includes an underside surface having
• a first edge portion to be located adjacent the wall and
• a second edge portion spaced from the first edge portion, and
• wherein the mounting bracket defines a lip portion for supporting the first edge portion above a supporting surface;
• using the lip portion of the mounting bracket to support the first edge portion while the second edge portion is oriented toward the supporting surface
• pivoting the microwave oven supported by the lip portion about an axis defined by the lip portion of the mounting bracket until the underside surface of the microwave oven is oriented approximately parallel to the supporting surface,
• adjusting an extendable and retractable support tool to a length substantially equal to a distance between the underside surface of the microwave oven and the supporting surface when the underside surface of the microwave oven is oriented approximately parallel to the supporting surface, and
• using the support tool to keep the underside surface of the microwave oven oriented approximately parallel to the supporting surface until an upper surface of the microwave oven is secured to a structural support closely spaced thereabove.