Patent ID: 9630297
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B24D

Claim:
1. An abrasive article comprising: a flexible backing having a major surface comprising a conformable polymer capable of elastically expanding and contracting in transverse directions, wherein a strip of the conformable polymer that is 5.1 cm wide, 30.5 cm long, and 0.102 mm thick longitudinally stretches at least 3.0% when subject to a 22.2 N dead load; a make resin contacting the major surface and extending across the major surface in a pre-determined pattern of discrete coated regions; 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.