Patent ID: 7014550

Claim:
A sanding system comprising: a) a relatively rigid rectangular backing plate having a pair of opposed parallel ends and first and second opposed surfaces, and provided on said first surface with a handle and means to support a sanding pad on said second surface; b) a deformable sanding pad having rectangular dimensions similar to those of the backing plate and a thickness that is not greater than the shorter of the rectangular dimensions, having abrasive grains adhered to the pad thereby forming at least one sanding surface, and having a pair of opposed parallel ends wherein at least one of the pair of parallel ends comprises a groove; and c) at least one retaining member in communication with the backing plate having a generally L-shaped cross section with a plurality of projections extending from an end of the generally L-shaped cross section adapted at one end to pierce a side of the deformable sanding pad in the thickness direction through at least a portion of the groove.