Patent ID: 7273080

Claim:
A guide assembly for a hand-held power tool, comprising: a base having a bottom surface and defining an internally threaded opening through which a bit of the hand-held power tool may be advanced, said base further having a ledge located within said internally threaded opening; a guide at least partially positioned within said internally threaded opening, said guide having (i) a first portion defining a first central passage that is aligned with said internally threaded opening, and including a lower end portion extending vertically below said bottom surface of said base, and (ii) a second portion extending from an upper end portion of said first portion and positioned in contact with said ledge of said base; and an externally threaded member meshingly engaged with said internally threaded opening of said base and positioned in contact with said second portion of said guide, said externally threaded member defining a second central passage that is aligned with said internally threaded opening.