Appeal 2007-0040
Application 10/170,069
Patent 6,073,699
8. After filing of the Second Preliminary Amendment, the original
application contained claims 7-8, 10-15, 19, and 21-27 including
representative independent claims 10 and 21, and dependent claim 11, which
are reproduced below:
10. A wellbore tubular support system comprising
an upper elevator for selectively and releasably holding a
string of wellbore tubulars,
upper elastic straps connected to and beneath the upper
elevator,
swivel apparatus below the upper elevator and to which
the upper elastic straps are connected,
lower elastic straps connected to and below the swivel
apparatus, and
a lower elevator below the swivel apparatus and to which
the lower elastic straps are connected.
11. The wellbore tubular support system of claim 13, wherein
the elevator comprises
a first body part,
a second body part,
the body parts together defining an interior opening
through the elevator for accommodating a wellbore tubular
therein,
first hinge apparatus hingedly connecting the two body
parts together and permitting the two body parts to be hingedly
openable on a first side of the elevator, and
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