Patent ID: 8490277

Claim:
A tool for the installation of a food/garbage disposal unit within a sink and plumbing system, wherein said tool includes a substantially straight-line main support tube and a first and second rod, wherein said support tube that is defined by a central vertical axis length that is greater than its diameter and wherein said tube exhibits an outer periphery having dimensions that permit introduction through the opening of a sink drain and the opening of the upper grinding chamber of a food disposal unit; wherein said main support tube includes a first set of holes present on opposite edges of said outer periphery and a second set of holes present on opposite edges of said outer periphery, wherein said first set of holes allows for insertion of said first rod through both of said first set of holes simultaneously such that said first rod extends perpendicularly from the central vertical axis of said support tube; wherein said second set of holes allows for insertion of said second rod through both of said second set of holes simultaneously such that said second rod extends perpendicularly from the central vertical axis of said support tube; wherein said first set of holes is disposed at a preselected location on the outer periphery of said main support tube such that said location is a distance from said second set of holes that equals the distance from the outer edge of said sink drain and the inner rim of the roof of said upper grinding chamber of said food disposal unit when said sink drain and said disposal unit are in initial contact with one another prior to attachment of properly aligned and complementary configured connection points; wherein said first rod exhibits a length greater than the diameter of said sink drain; wherein said second rod exhibits a length greater than the diameter of the opening of said upper grinding chamber; and wherein both of said first and second rods are constructed from material of sufficient strength to securely hold the weight of said disposal unit when oriented horizontally through said first and second sets of holes, respectively.