Patent ID: 7255379
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. 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 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.