Drill alignment device

Abstract

A well drilling fishing equipment alignment device that includes a base and an inner support that is connected to and that extends from that base. The inner support is configured to receive, hold, and vertically align an equipment retrieval device, typically an overshot. Also included is an outer cover that is configured to cover and protect at least a portion of the equipment retrieval device when it is connected to the inner support. The base provides a flat bottom and a handling feature. The inner support includes a preferably hollow vertical support member that includes a lower end guide support that mates with a feature of the equipment retrieval device. Beneficially the guide support includes a perimeter lip that engages a bottom edge of an equipment retrieval device guide to form a joint.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.