Patent ID: 8511376

Claim:
A slip assembly for securing a tool or tubular within another downhole tubular in a well, the slip assembly comprising: an upper C-ring slip body including a plurality of circumferentially spaced outer upper gripping surfaces and a plurality of interior upper gripping surfaces, the upper C-ring slip body including a plurality of portions each circumferentially connecting two of the plurality upper gripping portions; a lower C-ring slip body including a plurality of circumferentially spaced outer lower gripping surfaces and a plurality of interior lower gripping surfaces, the upper C-ring slip body being axially spaced from the lower C-ring slip body, the lower C-ring slip body including a plurality of portions each circumferentially connecting two of the plurality lower gripping portions; the plurality of outer upper gripping surfaces and the plurality of outer lower gripping surface each grippingly engaging an interior surface of the another downhole tubular, and the plurality of interior upper gripping surface and the plurality of interior lower gripping surfaces each grippingly engaging on exterior surface of the tool or tubular; an actuator member axially movable relative to both the upper and lower C-ring slip bodies, the actuator member having a radially outer upper camming surface for engagement with the plurality of interior upper surfaces on the upper C-ring slip body and a radially outer lower camming surface axially fixed relative to the upper camming surface for engagement with the plurality of interior lower surfaces on the lower C-ring slip body; and a plurality of circumferentially spaced and axially extending slats each axially fixedly interconnecting the upper C-ring slip body and the lower C-ring slip body, each slat having an outer slat surface radially inward of the upper and lower outer gripping surfaces.