Patent ID: 7681631

Claim:
A false rotary table disposed above a rig floor for use in handling tubulars, comprising: a guide fixed to the rig floor; a plate substantially parallel to the rig floor and movable along the guide as the plate moves towards and away from a well opening and, whereby the plate has a travel range sufficient to allow at least partial covering of the well opening in a first position and less covering of the well opening in a second position, wherein the plate comprises an upper surface to support an elevator and a pipe string in the first position and the plate comprises a hole configured to receive a tubular, wherein the hole includes at least one control line portion offset from a centerline of the hole and configured to receive a control line when the plate is in the first position; and an elevator retainer assembly attached to the guide, wherein the elevator retainer assembly is selectively activated in order to retain the elevator in a stationary position as the plate moves under the elevator to a position along the guide.