Patent ID: 11919132
Assignee: DELTA FAUCET COMPANY
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A shower base installation tool cooperating with a shower base, the shower base installation tool comprising:
a handle;
a flexible strap having a top end and a bottom end;
a hook including:
a shank extending between an upper end and a lower end;
an angled return leg;
a bend coupling the lower end of the shank with the return leg, the bend defining an inwardly facing crook; and
an opening at the top end of the shank;

wherein the distance from the upper end of the shank to the inwardly facing crook is less than a height of the shower base;
wherein the top end of the strap is coupled to the handle;
wherein the bottom end of the strap is releasably inserted through the opening of the hook; and
wherein the inwardly facing crook of the hook engages an angled surface of at least one recess in the shower base.