position and an unlocked open position in the closed position the latch secures a corresponding threaded tubular to the fingerboard when the latch is moved to its open position a corresponding threaded tubular may be removed from the fingerboard as best shown din fig1 a 1 b and 2 fingerboards 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention include a plurality of elongated support structures 12 hereinafter fingerboard rows 12 each capable of receiving a plurality of threaded tubulars 14 each fingerboard row 12 includes adjacent structures fingers 16 laterally spaced apart to receive the plurality of threaded tubulars 14 therein in the depicted embodiment each fingerboard row 12 receives fourteen threaded tubulars 14 however in other embodiments each fingerboard row 12 may receive any appropriate number of threaded tubulars 14 note that the numbers one through fourteen on the threaded tubulars shown in the leftmost fingerboard row 12 of fig1 b and the numbers one through twelve on the uppermost threaded tubular in each fingerboard row 12 are merely shown for reference purposes as mentioned above each fingerboard row 12 includes a plurality of corresponding latches 18 latches 18 may be substantially any fingerboard latch known to those skilled in the art as may be modified in accordance with the teachings of the present invention in.