Strainer gripping and lifting assembly
OwnerLawrence D. Adams, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A strainer gripping and lifting assembly includes a generally horizontally orientated elongated member that has a first end and a second end. A hook member is attached to the second end of the elongated member and hangs downwardly from the elongated member. A stabilizer is attached to and extends downwardly from the elongated member. The stabilizer is positioned for selectively abutting a peripheral wall of a strainer basket when the hook member removably engages a handle of the strainer basket. A handhold is attached to an upper surface of the elongated member. The handhold is positioned generally adjacent to the first end of the elongated member.
Claims11
A lifting tool for selectively engaging a handle of a strainer basket, the basket having a peripheral wall, said tool comprising:
- a substantially horizontally orientated elongated member having a first end and a second end;
- a hook member being attached to said second end of said elongated member, said hook member hanging downwardly from said elongated member;
- a stabilizer being attached to and extending downwardly from said elongated member, said stabilizer abutting the peripheral wall of the basket and said hook member removably engaging the handle of the strainer basket, said stabilizer comprising;
- a leg having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end being attached to a bottom surface of said elongated member and being positioned adjacent to said first end of said elongated member, said leg being angled with respect to said elongated member and an angle between said leg and said elongated member being less than 80 degrees;
- a plate having a front side, a back side, a first side edge, a second side edge, a top edge and a bottom edge, said back side being attached to said leg adjacent to said lower end such that said plate is vertically orientated;
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- a handhold being attached to an upper surface of said elongated member, said handhold being positioned adjacent to said first end of said elongated member, a lowermost portion of said stabilizer being laterally spaced from each of said hook member and said handhold.
A lifting tool for selectively engaging a handle of a strainer basket, the basket having a peripheral wall, said tool comprising:
- a substantially horizontally orientated elongated member having a first end and a second end, said elongate member having a length between 12 inches and 20 inches;
- a hook member being attached to said second end of said elongated member, said hook member hanging downwardly from said elongated member;
- a stabilizer being attached to and extending downwardly from said elongated member, said stabilizer being positioned for selectively abutting the peripheral wall of the basket when said hook member removably engages the handle of the strainer basket, a lowermost portion of said stabilizer being laterally spaced from each of said hook member and said handhold, said stabilizer comprises;
- a leg having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end being attached to a bottom surface of said elongated member and being positioned adjacent to said first end of said elongated member, said leg being angled with respect to said elongated member and an angle between said leg and said elongated member being less than 80 degrees and greater than 40 degrees, a first vertical line extending through said lower end and a second vertical line extending through said hook member being spaced from each other a distance between 6 inches and 12 inches;
- a plate having a front side, a back side, a first side edge, a second side edge, a top edge and a bottom edge, said back side being attached to said leg adjacent to said lower end such that said plate is vertically orientated, said front side being concave from said first side edge to said second side edge, said top edge being spaced from said elongated member between 6 inches and 12 inches, said bottom edge being spaced from said elongated member between 18 inches and 24 inches;
- a brace being attached to and extending between said elongated member and said leg;
- a handhold being attached to an upper surface of said elongated member, said handhold being positioned adjacent to said first end of said elongated member, said handhold comprising a pair of vertical supports being attached to and extending upwardly from said elongated member, a central portion extending between upper ends of said vertical supports;
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- a gripping member being attached to and extending around said central portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.