Patent ID: 9493935
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: E03C

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for temporarily supporting a mounting assembly upon the circumference of a sink-engaged drain flange, comprising: a body; said body configured for a temporary engagement with a sink flange having a elongated barrel portion defining an axial passage through said sink flange providing a drain to a sink; said body in said temporary engagement supporting one or a plurality of magnets in an operative position proximate to said axial passage; said one or plurality of magnets in said operative position providing a magnetic attraction adapted to solely support said mounting assembly adapted at a distal end to engage a garbage disposal, in an engagement with an exterior of said elongated barrel for a duration of time until said body is removed from said temporary engagement; and whereby said mounting assembly may be positioned to said engagement with said exterior of said elongated barrel by said user, and be held in said engagement solely by said magnetic attraction, for said duration of time during which said mounting assembly is permanently attached in a fixed position to said barrel, whereafter said body is removed from said temporary engagement to maintain said drain for said sink to said garbage disposal unobstructed.