Patent ID: 7861424

Claim:
A remote-controlled pipe laser, comprising: a laser unit including: a laser unit housing; a laser source within the laser unit housing that generates a reference laser beam; a first transceiver within the laser unit housing that sends and receives data; and a remote control unit including a remote housing a display carried by the remote housing; a plurality of input mechanisms; and a second transceiver within the remote housing that receives the data sent by the first transceiver and that sends data to the first transceiver, wherein the second transceiver sends a command to the first transceiver, the laser unit executes the command, and the first transceiver sends a response to the second transceiver; wherein the command comprises a command to set the reference laser beam at a new grade, execution of the command comprises moving the laser source so as to set the reference laser beam at the new grade and the response comprises confirmation that the reference laser beam is set at the new grade.