Hand held portable drill guide enabling single handed field setup and having releasable drill gripping securement

A hand held drill guide for use with a hand held drill motor with a pistol-type grip extending from a main body, said drill guide comprising:

• a support arm bracket having a support arm extending therefrom;
• a drill motor support bracket including a rear wall attached to said support arm bracket and having first and second spaced resilient limbs configured to receive the drill motor main body thereat, said first and second limbs each including an arcuate limb section, said limb sections contoured toward one another;
• a band at said limbs including a tightness varying mechanism;
• first and second spaced guide posts connected with said support arm bracket and positioned thereat at opposite sides of said rear wall of said drill motor support bracket;
• a ratchet assembly mounted at said support arm bracket, said ratchet assembly including a slotted shaft rotatably maintained through said support arm bracket and having an extended shaft half for ease of insertion thereinto, said shaft and said limbs aligned centrally relative to said spaced guide posts;
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• a workpiece engaging strap maintainable around said guide posts and insertable at said slotted shaft of said ratchet assembly.

An attitude independent portable drill guide for use with a hand held drill motor, said drill guide comprising:

• a mounting assembly including spaced resilient gripping limbs and a securing band maintained around said limbs;
• an operational guide assembly connected with said mounting assembly and including a support arm bracket, first and second spaced guide posts connected with said support arm bracket and each including a retainer adjacent thereto, wherein said retainer at said second guide post defines a slot closed at both ends and said retainer at said first guide post defines a slot open at one end, and a tensioning mechanism mounted at said support arm bracket with a slotted shaft thereof rotatably maintained therethrough, said guide posts located between said shaft of said tensioning mechanism and said limbs of said mounting assembly, said shaft and said limbs aligned centrally relative to said spaced guide posts;
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• a workpiece engageble interface receivable beneath said retainer adjacent to said guide posts so that said interface is maintainable around said guide posts and at said slotted shaft of said tensioning mechanism.