Patent ID: 7086474
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A blowout preventer handling apparatus comprising: a frame structure; a carriage slidably supported on said frame structure; a raising frame pivotally supported on said carriage, said raising frame pivotable between a first position in generally parallel adjacent relation to said carriage and a second position generally transverse to said carriage; and a positioning means cooperatively connected to said raising frame or to said carriage, said positioning means for receiving the blowout preventer therein and for moving the blowout preventer upwardly-and-downwardly and rotationally and side-to-side, said carriage comprising: a tray slidably supported on said carriage between sides of said frame structure, said tray movable between a first position away from said positioning means to a position directly below said positioning means.