Patent ID: 8961093
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A device for supporting pipe, the device comprising: a support structure; a first pipe engagement jaw comprising a first end that is pivotably connected to said support structure at a first pivotable connection and a second end that is adapted to receive and engage with a substantially vertically oriented pipe, said first pivotable connection comprising a first angled interface between said first pipe engagement jaw and said support structure, said first pipe engagement jaw being pivotably rotatable about said first pivotable connection in a first angled plane, an angle of said first angled plane being substantially defined by an angle of said first angled interface relative to a substantially vertical plane; and a second pipe engagement jaw comprising a first end that is pivotably connected to said support structure at a second pivotable connection and a second end that is adapted to receive and engage with said substantially vertically oriented pipe, said second pivotable connection comprising a second angled interface between said second pipe engagement jaw and said support structure, said second pipe engagement jaw being pivotably rotatable about said second pivotable connection in a second angled plane that is different from and oriented at a non-zero angle relative to said first angled plane, an angle of said second angled plane being substantially defined by an angle of said second angled interface relative to said substantially vertical plane, wherein said first and second pivotable connections are adapted to move said second ends of said first and second pipe engagement jaws down and together to a closed position and to move said second ends up and apart to an open position by pivotably rotating said first and second pipe engagement jaws about said respective first and second pivotable connections in said respective first and second angled planes.