Patent ID: 9393673
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B24D

Claim Text:
1. An abrasive article comprising: a flexible backing having a major surface; a make resin contacting the major surface and extending across the major surface in a pre-determined pattern; abrasive particles contacting the make resin and generally in registration with the make resin as viewed in directions normal to the plane of the major surface; and a size resin contacting both the abrasive particles and the make resin, the size resin being generally in registration with both the abrasive particles and the make resin as viewed in directions normal to the plane of the major surface, wherein areas of the major surface contacting the make resin are generally coplanar with areas of the major surface not contacting the make resin, and wherein the pre-determined pattern comprises a multiplicity of features having an areal density ranging from about 30 features to about 300 features per square centimeter and an average feature diameter ranging from about 0.1 millimeters to about 1.5 millimeters.