Patent ID: 6997493

Claim:
A lockable overshot including at least: an elongated body; at least two lifting dogs pivotally mounted to said body, said lifting dogs having respective first ends configured for latching a spearhead point therebetween, said first ends being pivotally moveable toward each other to a latched position wherein a spearhead point is latched therebetween and are pivotally moveable away from each other to a release position where a latched spearhead point is released; and, a locking sleeve retained movably on said body and switchable, by movement over the body between: a locked state where said locking sleeve locks said lifting dogs in said latched position and, an unlocked state where said locking sleeve allows said lifting dogs to move to said release position, said locking sleeve being rotatably retained on said elongated body and switched between said locked state and said unlocked state by rotating said locking sleeve about a longitudinal axis of said elongated body.