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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118091 | End protector system for tubular goods An end protector system for tubular goods including, but not necessarily limited to, drilling riser pipe. The end protector system utilizes lightweight substantially rigid, UV-stabilized molded plastic members that can quickly and easily cover box and pin end connec... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7963320 | Cover assembly for flanges and other tubular members A cover assembly for use on a wide variety of tubular members comprises a base member, a pivoting member, a plurality of fingers extending from both the base member and the pivoting member and pivot means to pivotally join said pivoting member to said base member. P... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7308933 | Power assisted lift for lubricator assembly An improved lubricator assembly for receiving a well plunger or other downhole tool wherein a hinge is connected between a lower portion and an upper riser of the lubricator assembly and a power lifting device is included for moving the upper riser off of and onto t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7258171 | Internal riser rotating control head A holding member provides for releasably positioning a rotating control head assembly in a subsea housing. The holding member engages an internal formation in the subsea housing to resist movement of the rotating control head assembly relative to the subsea housing.... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7231968 | Well cap systems A system for capping the upper opening of a well having an accommodation for a remotely-located control device. More specifically, a well cap system for a water-well having a pipe casing that permits one or more well control apparatus to be located within the well c... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7159669 | Internal riser rotating control head A holding member provides for releasably positioning a rotating control head assembly in a subsea housing. The holding member engages an internal formation in the subsea housing to resist movement of the rotating control head assembly relative to the subsea housing.... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7051804 | Subsea protective cap A cap for covering an open upper end of a subsea structure includes a base and a body. The base has a size, after shrinkage, at least slightly larger than the exterior of the open upper end of the subsea structure. The body is connected to the base and projects down... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6845815 | Temporary abandonment cap A temporary abandonment cap includes a body, a pressure-retaining top portion extending across the body and a plurality of locking pins coupled to the body and a single moveable handle, the locking pins being adapted to be moved from an engaged position to a disenga... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6834717 | Tubing rotator Tubing rotator 10 includes a main body or rotator spool 20, a selected bottom connector 50, and a selected top connector 70. The bottom connector 50 may be adapted for a screw cap type wellhead or a flanged wellhead. The top connec... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6634423 | Lifting top drive remote control cement head A lifting top drive sub sea staging cement head in which cement slurry flows from outside into its central bore, thru a rotating swivel connection. The cement head has a rotatably indexable reservoir cylinder with multiple cells which may be loaded with b... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6474411 | Metal protector for threaded extremities of well drilling tubes The invention relates to metal protectors for threaded extremities of pipe joints for the drilling of oil, gas and geothermal wells. The protectors are intended to protect the threads and seals of the assembly joint against shocks during transportation an... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6044904 | Wellhead assembly A wellhead assembly provides a connection between a protruding wellhead pipe of a landfill and piping that leads to treatment, disposal, or recovery equipment, or the like. The wellhead assembly includes a first substantially hollow cylindrical member tha... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5664626 | Mechanical plug device A mechanical plug device for an environmental monitoring well is disclosed for sealing the exposed top end of a well casing in order to prevent pollutants from entering the monitoring well. The plug is lockable to prevent unauthorized access to the monito... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5655745 | Low profile and lightweight high pressure blowout preventer A lightweight blowout preventer having a low profile is disclosed. Each of the rams have a sealing ring to be positioned thereabout to seal leaks from occurring between its bonnet and the ram body, thereby permitting the use of only about four connecting ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5641017 | Locking assembly for monitor wells An internal lock assembly securely locks a monitor well lid and cover to protect and safeguard the monitor well so as to enhance the monitor well's accuracy and environmental compliance. The user friendly lock assembly has a special latch which engages a ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5597041 | Well head cutting and capping system Systems and methods for cutting a well casing and then capping the cut well casing are provided. A well casing cutting assembly having a tensioned wire cutting element may first be moved into position relative to the well casing and operated so that the c... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5348085 | Mechanical plug device A well monitor plug device for sealing a subwell casing. The plug device has an adjustable and tamper resistant sealing structure which includes a turning member and a cooperating locking member which permits access to a sampling aperture.... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5295535 | Cover for an observation well Contamination of the sampling portion of an observation well is avoided while providing axial float between the observation well cover and observation well liner by this observation well cover. The observation well cover includes a manhole ring that is se... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5213157 | Clamping device for capping oil wells and the like, and apparatus for mounting same A clamping device is provided for capping a pipe carrying fluids therein, such as oil, water, chemicals, radio active material and the like, and also an apparatus for mounting the clamping device on the pipe. The clamping device includes clamping brackets... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5184608 | Well pipe top cap A well pipe top enclosing pipe cap is provided that has two pivotally interconnected half cylindrical concave pipe end enclosing halves pivotal from an open state to a closed state. The half cylindrical concave halves made of iron, or steel, have half cir... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5121793 | Capping equipment for blowout well Device for blocking off a well in open flow which includes a blocking system (4) for blocking off the well, an anchorage system (3) to support said blocking system (4) and a movable and inclinable support and positioning system (5) which comprises a slidi... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5101896 | Pipe wiper and washer system What is provided is a system for washing and cleaning sections of drill pipe being tripped out of the hole, and the system including a cylindrical housing having a central opening therethrough, the cover sections movable between open and closed positions ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4972905 | Releasable air vent pipe for use on water well covers An air ventilation pipe for a well casing cover is comprised of a cylindrical externally screw-threaded socket which has a cylindrical externally screw-threaded portion projecting downwardly through the aperture in a well casing cover. An enlarged head at... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4971149 | Flush mount monitoring well cover An apparatus for covering the top of a monitoring well with a lockable, weathertight cover which can be easily removed to allow ready access to the monitoring well so that water samples can be taken as desired. The device is positioned over the monitoring... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4895205 | Pipe washer and chemical applicator system A system for washing, cleaning, and chemically treating sections of drill pipe being tripped out of the hole, which includes an elongated cylindrical housing having a central opening therethrough, the housing comprised of a first and second semi-circular ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4881597 | Environmentally safe locking cap for monitoring well An environmentally safe monitoring well cap has a base and a hingely rotatable cap attached to the base. The base includes a coupling section which fits around the monitoring well casing and the coupling sections includes a ledge having an O-ring position... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4848458 | Lockable well cap A lockable well cap for capping the upper end of a well casing. A base member, which has an upwardly and inwardly interior surface with tapered upwardly directed serrations formed thereon, frictionally engages a portion of the well casing. The outside sur... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4423774 | Method and apparatus for positioning a safety valve sub for connection in a threaded tubular member First means are provided which removably engage an upwardly extending tubular member. Support means for the safety valve sub are pivotally connected to the first means. Means are provided to secure the support means and the first means in axial alignment ... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4253638 | Blowout preventer A blowout preventer having a body and bonnets hinged thereto with throw latches for securing the bonnets to the body, wedges between the body and the hinges for adjusting the tilt of the bonnet and the position of the hinge side of the bonnets when closed... | 03/03/1981 |
