Patent ID: 7178589

Claim:
An expandable downhole anchoring tool positionable within a wellbore for use in cooperation with drilling equipment comprising: a body including a plurality of angled channels formed into a wall of said body; and a plurality of moveable slips, wherein said plurality of moveable slips translates along said plurality of angled channels between a collapsed position and an expanded position; wherein said plurality of moveable slips are positioned entirely within the body in the collapsed position; further comprising a plurality of extensions disposed along a side surface of each slip of said plurality of moveable slips, said plurality of extensions corresponding to and engaging said plurality of channels; and wherein said plurality of slips comprises a first pair of slips spaced apart circumferentially and an axially spaced second pair of slips spaced apart circumferentially around said tool body, wherein said first pair of slips are offset about 90° from said second pair of slips.