Patent ID: 9617820
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A hanger assembly for supporting a tubular member within an outer well member having a central axis, the hanger assembly comprising: a slip bowl, the slip bowl being a cylindrical member moveable between an expanded condition with an enlarged diameter and a contracted condition with a reduced diameter, the slip bowl having a downward facing slip bowl shoulder on an outer diameter of the slip bowl; slips carried by the slip bowl, the slips having teeth on an inner diameter surface of the slips, the slips being moveable between a retracted position where an innermost diameter of the teeth is greater than an inner diameter of the slip bowl, and an extended position where the teeth protrude radially inward from the inner diameter of the slip bowl; and a false bowl, the false bowl being a cylindrical member having a lower upward facing false bowl shoulder located on an inner diameter of the false bowl and sized to selectively engage the downward facing slip bowl shoulder, the false bowl further having a downward facing landing shoulder located on an outer diameter of the false bowl and sized to selectively engage a support shoulder of the outer well member, the false bowl extending axially upward from the downward facing landing shoulder.