Patent ID: 9598915
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B25J,B65G,E21B

Claim:
1. A tool for manually moving a racked tubular along a raised horizontal surface, wherein the racked tubular has an open end continuous with an inner diameter, the tool comprising: a shaft having a handle section with a longitudinal axis and a wheel section with a longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axes of the handle section and the wheel section are parallel, wherein the handle section and the wheel section extend in opposite directions from each other, and wherein the wheel section terminates in a free end that is insertable into the inner diameter of the racked tubular; a wheel assembly mounted for rotation about the longitudinal axis of the wheel section of the shaft, and wherein the wheel assembly has a maximum diameter that sized to be received inside the racked tubular; and a stop positioned on the shaft between the wheel section and the handle section and sized with a maximum diameter greater than the maximum diameter of the wheel assembly so to engage the open end of the racked tubular when the wheel section is inserted into the inner diameter of the racked tubular to prevent advancement of the tool into the inner diameter of the racked tubular past the stop, and wherein the position of the stop on the shaft is axially adjustable.