Patent ID: 7500906

Claim:
A hand-held, manually-operated sanding tool for use with a replaceable sheet-like abrasive material, the sanding tool comprising: a base member defining a top surface and a bottom surface; a clamping mechanism adapted to selectively retain at least a portion of a sheet-like abrasive material to the base member such that the sheet-like abrasive material extends across the bottom surface; a handle including a neck and a grip; and a mounting assembly rotatably mounting the handle to the base member such that the neck extends from the top surface and the handle is rotatable relative to the base member about an axis defined by the neck, wherein the mounting assembly includes: a first set of ridges associated with the handle; a second set of ridges associated with the base member; and a biasing device for biasing the first set of ridges into engagement with the second set of ridges; wherein adjacent ridges of the first set of ridges are separated by grooves, wherein individual ridges of the second set of ridges are sized to nest within respective ones of the grooves, and wherein a nominal height of the first set of ridges is less than a nominal height of the second set of ridges.