US Patent Issued to FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL on Feb. 3 for "Extended range spider" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,515, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL LLC (Houston).

"Extended range spider" was invented by Alfred Moss (Lafayette, La.), Logan Essex Smith (Lafayette, La.), Jeremy Richard Angelle (Youngsville, La.), Robert L. Thibodeaux Jr. (Lafayette, La.) and Neil Alleman (Lafayette, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for supporting an oilfield tubular includes a body defining a tapered bowl and a pocket formed in the body, a cage extending axially through the body, wherein guides are attached to the cage, a slips assembly including slips configured to engage a tubular received in the body. The slips extend rad...