Patent 10024134 was granted and assigned to General Plastics & Composites Lp on July, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A slip assembly for downhole tools comprises a slip ring for engaging a surface of a wellbore and a cone for expanding the slip ring into engagement with the surface of the wellbore. The slip ring has an interior surface defining a trough. The cone has an exterior surface defining a ridge. The ridge is wider than the trough, whereby the slip ring can unbend over a top of the ridge.