Claims
- 1. A system for securing an item in a tubular channel in a wellbore, the system comprising
- a lower body member,
- an upper body member,
- interconnecting means for movably interconnecting the lower body member and the upper body member so that upon application of a downward force on the upper body member the upper body member moves downwardly in the tubular channel effecting sideways movement of the lower body member so the lower body member contacts an interior surface of the tubular channel thereby wedging the lower body member and the upper body member in the tubular channel,
- the interconnecting means comprising
- a connecting bar disposed partially in a first connecting bar groove in the lower body member and partially in a second connecting bar groove in the upper body member, and
- the connecting bar grooves and the connecting bar configured so that the connecting bar is movably held in the connecting bar grooves, and
- at least one pawl member having opposed pawl member ends and movably mounted on the connecting bar, and movable in response to an upward force on the upper body member so that one of the opposed pawl member ends contacts the lower body member and the other pawl member end contacts the upper body member forcing the two body members apart.
- 2. The system of claim 1 further comprising
- the at least one pawl member comprising a series of pawls, each pawl having a first toothed end and a second toothed end and movably mounted in a slot on the connecting bar, the pawls movable in response to an upward force on the connecting bar so that the pawls' first ends engage the upper body member and the pawls' second ends engage the lower body member, forcing the two body members further apart and preventing relative movement therebetween.
- 3. The system of claim 1 further comprising
- at least one toothed slip on an exterior surface of the lower body member for engaging the interior surface of the tubular channel.
- 4. The system of claim 1 further comprising
- orientation means connected to the lower body member for co-acting with an anchor member disposed in the tubular channel, the orientation means for correctly orienting the system with respect to the anchor member.
- 5. The system of claim 1 further comprising
- flexing means interconnected between the lower body member and the orientation means for facilitating sideways movement of the lower body member in response to downward force applied on the upper body member, the flexing means comprising a flexing member with a neck area at which the flexing member flexes in response to sideways force on the lower body member.
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/673,791 filed on Jun. 27, 1996, now abandoned, which is a division of pending application Ser. No. 414,201 filed on Mar. 31, 1995 entitled "Whipstock Side Support" issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,531,271 on Jul. 2, 1996; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/300,917, filed on Sep. 6, 1994 entitled "Wellbore Tool Setting System" issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,425,417 on Jun. 20, 1995 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/225,384, filed on Apr. 4, 1994 entitled "Wellbore Tool Orientation," issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,409,060 on Apr. 25, 1995; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/119,813 filed on Sep. 10, 1993 entitled "Whipstock System" issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,452,759 on Sep. 26, 1996. This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/210,697 filed on Mar. 18, 1994 entitled "Milling Tool & Operations" issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,429,187 on Jul. 4, 1995.
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