Patent ID: 6532615
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A46B,B60S,Y10S

Abstract:
A finishing unit for a vehicle surface treatment apparatus, comprising:a thin sheet-like pad of material having flexible characteristics, said pad being adapted for contact with a vehicle surface and having a first length which terminates in an outer free edge, said pad also including an inner edge part adapted for attachment to a support on said vehicle surface treatment apparatus; a buffer member of flexible material having a thin sheet-like characteristic with a width comparable to a width of said pad and a length, said buffer member having a segment of a length substantially shorter than said length of said pad and directly overlaying an opposing surface area of said pad; a stiffening structure oriented over a majority of said opposing surface areas of said buffer member and said pad and fixedly securing said opposing surface areas of said buffer member and said pad to one another to provide an area of substantially less flexibility than the individual flexibility characteristic of each of said buffer member and said pad.