Abstract: An apparatus and method enhances installation of a waste disposer mounting assembly at a drain-received sink flange. The apparatus comprises a carriage guide, a carriage assembly, and a spring-actuable notch stop. The carriage guide comprises a hooked end, a handled end, and a notched face extending intermediate the hooked and handled ends. The carriage assembly is translatably and cooperably associated with the carriage guide and comprises a centralized rail guide aperture and a plurality of fastener-engaging arm assemblies. The guide aperture is sized and shaped to receive the guide rail and the notch stop engages the notched face for selectively prevent translation of the carriage assembly relative to the carriage guide. The arm assemblies of the carriage assembly carry a mounting assembly via fastener-port engagement to a mount position where a snap ring fastener may be manually installed to prevent downward displacement of the mounting assembly from the mount position.

Abstract: An apparatus and method enhances installation of a waste disposer mounting assembly at a drain-received sink flange. The apparatus comprises a carriage guide, a carriage assembly, and a spring-actuable notch stop. The carriage guide comprises a hooked end, a handled end, and a notched face extending intermediate the hooked and handled ends. The carriage assembly is translatably and cooperably associated with the carriage guide and comprises a centralized rail guide aperture and a plurality of fastener-engaging arm assemblies. The guide aperture is sized and shaped to receive the guide rail and the notch stop engages the notched face for selectively prevent translation of the carriage assembly relative to the carriage guide. The arm assemblies of the carriage assembly carry a mounting assembly via fastener-port engagement to a mount position where a snap ring fastener may be manually installed to prevent downward displacement of the mounting assembly from the mount position.

Abstract: A conduit-plugging hand tool comprises a conduit-insertable shaft assembly and a toggle-lockable pincer assembly. The shaft assembly comprises coaxial inner and outer shafts, and a bulb member. The bulb member is spatially situated intermediate the distal ends of the inner and outer shafts such that when the shafts are coaxially displaced relative to one another, the bulb member may be axially compressed and radially expanded for selectively blocking conduit. The pincer assembly comprises first and second jaws, and a toggle-locking mechanism. The first jaw is coupled to the proximal inner shaft end, and the second jaw is coupled to a proximal outer shaft end. The toggle-mechanism operates to displace the first jaw along a shaft axis relative to the second jaw. The inner and outer shaft members are thereby coaxially displaceable relative to one another for longitudinally compressing the bulb member and effecting radial bulb member expansion.