Patent ID: 7096952

Claim:
A fishing tool guiding mechanism, comprising: a mandrel assembly adapted to attach to a work string for lowering into a well bore or casing; a plurality of elongate fingers, each said finger having an uphole end pivotably attached to a downhole end of said mandrel assembly, each said finger having a free downhole end; a sleeve mounted for movement between uphole and downhole positions relative to said mandrel assembly, said sleeve being adapted to forcibly pivot said downhole ends of said plurality of fingers radially outwardly a sufficient distance to forcibly contact an inner surface of a well bore or casing, when said sleeve is in one of its said downhole position and its said uphole position; and an actuation mechanism mounted to said mandrel assembly, said actuation mechanism being adapted to move said sleeve between said uphole position and said downhole position relative to said mandrel assembly.