Patent ID: 7850016

Claim:
A device for supporting a group of pipes during temporary storage, said device comprising: an elongated pipe supporting element having a substantially horizontal pipe supporting surface; and at least one safety stop assembly comprising a pipe stop member and at least one fastening element, wherein: said pipe stop member is movable relative to said pipe supporting element between a stop position and a retracted, or withdrawn, position; said pipe stop member has a first longitudinal edge against which a pipe bears while resting on said pipe supporting surface when said pipe stop member is in the stop position, to prevent removal of pipes from said pipe supporting element and, when in the retracted, or withdrawn, position, to allow removal of pipes from said pipe supporting element; and said at least one fastening element is connectable between said pipe supporting element and said pipe stop member for contacting said pipe stop member and holding said pipe stop member in the stop position, wherein said pipe supporting element has a hollow interior and said stop member is pivotally mounted at the interior of said pipe supporting element and is located completely at the interior of said pipe supporting element when in the retracted, or withdrawn, position, and further wherein said at least one fastening element is movable out of contact with said pipe stop member to allow said pipe stop member to pivot away from the pipe and into the retracted, or withdrawn, position.