US Patent Issued to Consolidated Rig Works on Sept. 2 for "Omnidirectional slip bowl" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,729, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Consolidated Rig Works LP (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Omnidirectional slip bowl" was invented by Caleb E.M. Fulks (McKinney, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An omnidirectional slip bowl includes a support frame having a central axis and defining an opening therein to receive an oilfield tubular passing into or coming out of a wellbore. A plurality of pivot arms moves between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A plurality of actuating mechanisms each having a first end connected to one of the plurality of pivot arms, wherein each of the plurality of actuating mechanisms moves the a...