Patent ID: 7128502

Claim:
An alignment device for aligning a drill bit with a pipe at a selected angle, said device comprising: a first plate and a second plate, each of said plates having a top side, a bottom side, and a peripheral edge; a first panel and a second panel, each of said first and second panels having a perimeter edge, each of said perimeter edges including a bottom edge, a top edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, each of said panels extending into and being attached to each of said first and second plates such that said first and second plates are spaced from each other and each of said first and second panels extends upwardly away from said top sides of said first and second plates, said perimeter edges of said first and second panels being aligned with respect to each other, each of said bottom edges having a slot therein positioned between associated ones of said first and second side edges; a drill bit guide having a lower section and an upper section integrally coupled together, said lower section having a width substantially equal to a distance between said first and second panels, said upper section having a width greater than said lower section such that a flange is defined at a juncture of said upper and lower sections, said flange being positioned on said upper edges of said first and second panels such that the lower section is positioned between said first and second panels, said drill bit guide having an aperture extending therethrough, said aperture extending into an upper surface of said upper section and outwardly of a lower surface of said lower section; a clamp member being attached to said upper section and being adapted for attaching said drill bit guide to said first panel such that said drill bit guide may be selectively positioned on said upper edges; and wherein a pipe may be selectively positioned in said slots such that a drill bit may be removably extended through said aperture and into the pipe.