ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,332, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SWIVEL RENTAL & SUPPLY LLC (Lafayette, La.).
"Rotating gin pole" was invented by Douglas C. Burns (Youngsville, La.) and Douglas A. Burns (Lafayette, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a gin pole which can rotate and includes a traveling boom. The gin pole of the present invention can pick up and lay down joints of drill pipe, tubing and casing on plug and abandonment operations, while being independent of the crane."
The patent was filed on June 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/332,053.
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