Patent ID: 6968896

Claim:
An expandable seat for setting a tool in proper orientation within a cased wellbore, comprising: an outer surface having a diameter which is less than the inner diameter of the cased wellbore; an inner surface having a diameter dimensioned to receive at least a portion of the tool; and a locating surface for receiving an orientation surface of the tool after the seat is expanded and set within the cased wellbore, wherein the seat is circumferentially expanded along its entire length; and at least one releasable connection between the expandable seat and an expander tool such that the seat and the expander tool may be run into the cased wellbore together, wherein the releasable connection defines at least one collet which resides with a collet profile within the inner surface of the seat, the collet is moveable from a first extended position within the collet profile while the collet supports the seat to a second retracted position while the seat is being expanded.