Patent ID: 7353878

Claim:
For use in conjunction with a wellbore of the type having an open hole wellbore leg extending therefrom, a method of isolating the open hole wellbore leg from the remainder of the wellbore comprising the steps of: providing a tube having an exterior and an interior; providing a tubular packer; mounting the tubular packer about the exterior of the tube to form a packer/tube assembly; providing a plurality of slips; mounting each of the slips comprising the plurality thereof about the exterior of the packer/tube assembly; providing means for selectively extending the slips outwardly relative to the exterior of the tube; providing a one-way check valve; mounting the one-way check valve within the tube; positioning the packer/tube assembly having the slips mounted thereon and having the one-way check valve mounted therein within the open hole wellbore leg of the wellbore; thereafter extending the slips relative to the exterior surface of the tube and thereby securing the packer/tube assembly within the open hole wellbore leg of the wellbore; and thereafter utilizing the one-way check valve and the tubular packer to control the flow of fluids into the open hole wellbore leg from the remainder of the wellbore.