Patent ID: 6640668
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
A hand guard for drilling rig hand tongs, comprising:a resilient body capable of assuming a â€œCâ€  shaped configuration, thereby guarding a handle of the drilling rig hand tongs, the body having a first end and a second end; a first pair of clamping plates adapted to clamp the first end of the body to a first support bar supporting a first end of a gripping bar of the handle of the drilling rig hand tongs, at least one of the first pair of clamping plates having a receiving channel adapted to receive the first support bar; and a second pair of clamping plates adapted to clamp the second end of the body to a second support bar supporting a second end of the gripping bar of the handle of the drilling rig hand tongs, at least one of the second pair of clamping plates having a receiving channel adapted to receive the second support bar.