segments is controlled by the location of the mating shoulder 10 when compression of the segments is complete the slip segment and the carrier slip 6 act together as a single conventional slip but with an increased effective thickness improving slip performance the hanging performance of this embodiment may be limited by the bearing area between the pusher 8 and front segments 9 with the carrier slip 6 to more evenly transfer the hanging load into the carrier slip 6 a wicker profile is machined on the bottom of the lower segments 11 allowing the lower segments to bite into the carrier slip 6 and transfer hanging load along the length of the carrier slip 6 similar to the segmented slip embodiment of fig1 3 this embodiment requires a mating mechanism between the slip segments that prevents disengagement during running in the hole and properly guides compression of the segments this mechanism could be of machined rails and mating channels between the segments also a mechanism such as a shear screw or shear ring is needed to ensure the slip segments 1 are fully compressed before setting the slip segments and carrier slip 6 up the slip pocket and into the casing calculation shows a 30 radial expansion increase and a 39 increase in hanging capacity over the current known designs fig6 illustrates another embodiment where the gripping slips 100 have exterior wickers 102 and interior wickers 104 the interior wickers 104 can slide on support segments 106 that can be stationary or that can also be ramped out due to relative axial movement as between the segments 106 and adjoining segments 108 and 110 that define an underlying support ring this type of axially relatively movable segments that.