Patent ID: 7255379

Claim:
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; and 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.