Slip assembly for parallel tubing strings

Claim 1

A SLIP ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING TWO PARALLEL STRINGS OF TUBING COMPRISING: OPEN-TOPPED BOWL MEANS FORMING A CIRCULAR TAPERED BOWL HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED AXIS AND A LARGER DIAMETER AT THE TOP THAN AT THE BOTTOM, A PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY SLIP HALVES FORMING A FRUSTO CONICAL BODY HAVING AN AXIS CORRESPONDING TO THE AXIS OF THE TAPERED BORE, THE BODY HAVING A LARGER DIAMETER AT THE TOP AND A SMALLER DIAMETER AT THE BOTTOM, THE LARGER DIAMETER OF THE BODY BEING GREATER THAN THE SMALLER DIAMETER OF THE TAPERED BORE, THE PAIR OF COMPLEMENTARY SLIP HALVES FORMING A PAIR OF PASSAGEWAYS THEREBETWEEN, THE AXES OF THE PASSAGEWAYS BEING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE TAPERED BODY; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE SLIP HALVES AND DISPOSED IN EACH OF THE PASSAGEWAYS FOR GRIPPING A JOINT OF TUBING POSITIONED IN THE RESPECTIVE PASSAGEWAYS AND, A PAIR OF PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTED LEVER MEMBERS, ONE LEVER MEMBER BEING LOOSELY CONNECTED TO THE UPPER END OF EACH OF THE COMPLEMENTARY SLIP HALVES, WHEREBY WHEN THE BOWL MEANS IS SUPPORTED AROUND A PAIR OF VERTICALLY DISPOSED TUBING STRINGS AND THE SLIP HALVES ARE PLACED IN THE TAPERED BOWL ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TUBING STRINGS WITH THE TUBING STRINGS RECEIVED IN THE PASSAGEWAYS, THE WEIGHT OF THE TUBING STRINGS WILL PULL THE SLIP HALVES DOWNWARDLY IN THE TAPERED BORE AND THE BOWL MEANS WILL FORCE THE SLIP HALVES TIGHTLY AGAINST THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TUBING STRINGS TO GRIP AND SUPPORT THE TUBING STRINGS.