Patent ID: 9228394
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: E04B,E04H,E21B

Claim Text:
1. A modular transfigurable drilling rig system composed of multiple components, which system is transfigurable between a transport mode in which the components of the system are transportable by vehicles and an operational mode in which the components are assembled to a drilling rig which is adapted to drill into a well center in the ground, the system comprising: a drilling rig mast which is movable between a substantially horizontal connecting position and a substantially vertical operational position above the well center, the drilling rig mast having a top end and a foot; a base structure adapted to be positioned in the operational mode on a surface near the well center to support the drilling rig mast thereon, the base structure comprising: a pedestal, comprising: at least one drive assembly configured to pivot the connected pedestal and drilling rig mast as a unit between the substantially horizontal connecting position and the substantially vertical operational position, such that in the vertical operating position the drilling rig mast is positioned above the well center; a pipe loader for loading pipes into the drilling rig mast, the pipe loader being received in the second space between the at least two elongated base units when the drilling rig is in the substantially vertical operational position.