Patent ID: 8899901

Claim:
An apparatus for moving a tubular member, comprising: a base configured to be positioned adjacent a storage rack containing a plurality of tubular members; an articulated support structure mounted on the base and movable between a folded stationary position and an extended position, said support structure comprising a first support arm, a second support arm and a connector member coupled between the second support arm and the first support arm; a means for moving the first support arm from a first position substantially parallel to the base and a second position oriented at an acute angle in relation to the base; a means for moving the second support atm from a first position substantially parallel to the base and a second position oriented at an obtuse angle in relation to the base; an arcuate elongated trough extending longitudinally along the support structure, said trough having opposite parallel side edges and configured to receive the tubular member; a plurality of spaced-apart loading arms detachably securable to the trough and extending at an obtuse angle in relation to a side edge of the trough, said loading arms moving the tubular member between the storage rack and the trough; and a plurality of spaced-apart unloading arms detachably securable to the trough and extending at a tangent to a side of the trough, said unloading arms moving the tubular member between the trough and the storage rack.