Patent ID: 8215888

Claim:
A tubular handling system, comprising: a tubular receiving member; a carriage support member, said carriage support member disposed relative to said tubular receiving member; a carriage comprising: a carriage first member moveable relative to said carriage support member, a carriage second member movable relative to said carriage first member, and a carriage third member movable relative to said carriage second member, wherein said carriage is moveable between a first tubular tier position and a second tubular tier position, wherein in said second tubular tier position said carriage is positioned farther away from said tubular receiving member than in said first tubular tier position, wherein in said second tubular tier position said carriage second member is positioned closer to said carriage first member than in said first tubular tier position, and wherein said carriage third member moveable between a neutral position and an inclined position to move a tubular to said tubular receiving member; and a carriage first member hydraulic cylinder coupled to said carriage for moving said carriage between said first tubular tier position and said second tubular tier position.