Patent ID: 8240391

Claim:
A method of hoisting a tubular, the method comprising the steps of: providing a body having a slot in a side of the body to laterally receive the tubular within the body, at least one deployable jaw movably coupled to the body, and a cam ring having a slot coupled to the body to rotate about an axis from a retracted position with the slot of the cam ring aligned with the slot in the side of the body to an offset position with the slot of the cam ring not aligned with the slot in the side of the body; rotating the cam ring to align the slot in the cam ring with the slot in the side of the body; receiving the tubular into the aligned slots of the cam ring and the body; rotating the cam ring to the offset position to move the at least one deployable jaw from a removed position to a deployed position to grip the tubular such that the at least one deployable jaw supports the weight of the tubular; and hoisting the body and the tubular using a hoist.