To create a new and configurable product that would replace multiple old designs without increasing the overall cost of ownership of the legacy equipment.

We created a new Jar that was the best of both legacy products. One of the products was a hydraulic jar, and the other was a hydramechanical jar. The difference between the two is slight, but the hydraulic jar is a time-delayed slide hammer in both the extend and compress directions, and the hydramechanical jar is a hydraulic jar in extension only and a mechanical bumper in compression direction - with a mechanical latch to hold it in the neutral position until released. The new patented design is the best of both, where the latch system is completely removable from a standard double-acting hydraulic jar, enabling the tool to be configured as either.