Patent ID: 7186174

Claim:
An apparatus for holding a sanding block, the sanding block having an upper and a lower portion, comprising: a) a handle assembly having a top and bottom portion, first and second ends, first and second edges and downwardly extending sides forming a receptacle therein, wherein said sides each have an inner surface, wherein said receptacle compressibly holds the upper portion of a compressible sanding block therein; b) wherein one of said sides on one of said edges is removably attached to said handle assembly said removably attached side being laterally movable inwardly and outwardly so as to capture the upper portion of the sanding block therein between said inner surface of said removably attached side and said inner surfaces of said remaining sides of said receptacle so as to compressibly hold the sanding block therein when said removably attached side is moved inwardly; and, c) wherein the lower portion of the sanding block protrudes beyond said sides of said receptacle due to the compression placed on the upper portion thereof so as to allow a user to sand flush to any proximate side surface without said handle assembly touching the proximate side surface.