US 2020/0140229 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A FLEXIBLE PIPE CONTAINMENT SLED

Abstract

A flexible pipe containment sled includes a platform and a first sled portion coupled to a bottom surface of the platform. The first sled portion is disposed at a first side of the platform. The sled also includes a second sled portion coupled to the bottom surface of the platform. The second sled portion is disposed at a second side of the platform opposite to the first side of the platform. The sled also includes a passage formed between the first and second sled portions. The passage is configured to allow a flexible pipe to pass through the passage while the flexible pipe containment sled is placed on a surface.

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Dependent claims

A flexible pipe containment sled, comprising:

a platform;
a first sled portion fixedly coupled to a bottom surface of the platform, wherein the first sled portion is disposed at a first side of the platform;
a second sled portion fixedly coupled to the bottom surface of the platform, wherein the second sled portion is disposed at a second side of the platform opposite to the first side of the platform;
and
a passage formed between the first and second sled portions, wherein the passage is configured to allow a flexible pipe to pass through the passage while a first bottom sled surface of the first sled portion and a second bottom sled surface of the second sled portion are placed on a surface.

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A method of using a flexible pipe containment sled, comprising:

placing the flexible pipe containment sled on a surface, wherein the flexible pipe containment sled comprises:
a platform;
a first sled portion fixedly coupled to a bottom surface of the platform, wherein the first sled portion is disposed at a first side of the platform;
a second sled portion fixedly coupled to the bottom surface of the platform, wherein the second sled portion is disposed at a second side of the platform opposite to the first side of the platform;
and
a passage formed between the first and second sled portions, wherein the passage is configured to allow a flexible pipe to pass through the passage while a first bottom sled surface of the first sled portion and a second bottom sled surface of the second sled portion are placed on a surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/736,447Filed 7 Jan 2020

Priority

21 Aug 2017

Published

7 May 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B65H 75/40
Involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material: mobile or transportable
B65H 57/04
Guides for filamentary materials; Supports therefor: guiding surfaces within slots or grooves
B65H 57/26
Guides for filamentary materials; Supports therefor: supports for guides
B65H 75/44
Involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material: constructional details

System and method for a flexible pipe containment sled

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System and method for a flexible pipe containment sled

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Abstract

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