ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,484, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HELMERICH & PAYNE INC. (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Mobile boom system" was invented by Joel Ferland (Bixby, Okla.), Bernard Cook (Tulsa, Okla.), DeWayne Speer (Tulsa, Okla.), Robert Lee Stauder (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Anthony James Evans (Tulsa, Okla.), Gary Don Davis (Rush Springs, Okla.), Patrick L. Gustafson (Owasso, Okla.) and Victor Arthur Garcia (Grand Junction, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boom system for utility service lines (such as cables, wires, hoses, pipes, etc.) for a drilling rig. The mobile boom system includes a skid with posts and one or more booms pivotally attached to each post...