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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2012
Logan Essex Smith, Lafayette, LA (US);
Jeremy Richard Angelle, Lafayette, LA (US);
Robert Thibodeaux, Jr., Lafayette, LA (US);
Logan Essex Smith, Lafayette, LA (US);
Jeremy Richard Angelle, Lafayette, LA (US);
Robert Thibodeaux, Jr., Lafayette, LA (US);
Frank's International, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, a system, and a method to secure a link in a drilling rig. The apparatus includes a carrier configured to removably secure at least a portion of the link therein, in which the carrier is configured to have a first end of the link accessible outside of the carrier. Further, the system includes a tool having a link ear and suspended within the drilling rig, the link ear configured to attach a first end of the link thereupon, and a carrier configured to removably secure at least a portion of the link, in which the first end of the link is accessible to attach to the link ear.