ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,173, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Helmerich & Payne Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Detachable diving board for drilling rig" was invented by Andrew Rose (Tulsa, Okla.) and Michael Brzezniak (Cypress, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drilling rig assembly and methods of assembling a drilling rig are described. The drilling rig assembly can include a mast, a racking board removably coupleable to the mast, and a diving board configured to be removably coupled to the racking board. The racking board has a first end and further includes a first plurality of fasteners located at a first end of the racking board and a racking frame. The ...