Patent ID: 8597087

Claim:
A universal abrasive sheet for use with alternative sanding or polishing machines having platens with different configurations, comprising: a sheet material having an abrasive material disposed on a face and having a body portion provided with a first configuration adapted to be used with a first platen configuration and having first marking segments, wherein said sheet material is adapted to be separated along said first marking segments to provide said body portion of said sheet material with a second configuration that is different from said first configuration that corresponds with a second platen configuration having different external dimensions, said first configuration having a first iron shaped perimeter with two arcuate first side edges converging at a tip portion and extending from the tip portion to opposite sides of a first base edge portion having a first width, said first configuration having a first length dimension from said tip portion to said first base edge, said second configuration having a second iron shaped perimeter with two arcuate second side edges converging at the tip portion and extending from the tip portion to opposite sides of a second base edge portion having a second width narrower than said first width, wherein at least a portion of said second side edges are narrower than at least a portion of said first side edges, said second configuration having a second length dimension from said tip portion to said second base edge that is shorter than said first length dimension.