Patent ID: 7086474

Claim:
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 carriage frame mounted by a roller assembly on a surface of said frame structure; and a driving means having one end connected to said carriage frame and an opposite end connected to said frame structure, said driving means for selectively moving said carriage frame along said surface of said frame structure; and 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.