Patent ID: 7867064
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B24D

Abstract:
1. A combination sanding pad and drywall sander, comprising: a drywall sander including a drywall sander head having upper and lower opposite side faces, and first and second pairs of opposite edge surfaces extending around the opposite side faces and defining a generally quadrilateral perimeter: the sanding pad comprising: a body portion comprising a resiliently deformable core material, the body portion defining a generally planar first side surface having a generally quadrilateral perimeter, the body portion defining a second side that faces opposite the first side surface, the second side including a second side surface; abrasive material disposed on at least a portion of the first side surface; and wherein: the body portion includes a generally quadrilateral pocket in the second side, the pocket having a first pair of opposing side surfaces generally facing one another, and a second pair of opposing side surfaces generally facing one another, and a base surface extending between the first and second pairs of opposing side surfaces, wherein the base surface is spaced inwardly from the second side surface, and wherein the drywall sander head is disposed in the pocket with at least a portion of the lower side face in contact with the base surface, and with the first and second pairs of opposite edge surfaces of the drywall sander head in contact with the first and second pairs of opposing side surfaces, respectively, of the pocket in the body of the sanding pad, and wherein portions of the sanding pad wrap around the first and second pairs of opposite edge surfaces and retain the sanding pad on the drywall sander head.