Patent ID: 6960125

Claim:
A sanding block, comprising: a main body having a bottom surface for pressing a front side of a sheet of sandpaper against an article to be sanded; a first fastener structure secured to the main body for coupling with a backside of the sheet of sandpaper without destroying any part of the sheet of sandpaper; a flap member secured to the main body and swingable between a first position in which the flap member protrudes outwardly from the main body and a second position in which the flap member is folded flat against the main body; and a second fastener structure secured to the flap member for coupling with the backside of the sandpaper when said flap member is in said first position without destroying any part of the sheet of sandpaper, said first and second fastener structures and said flap member being arranged such that the sheet of sandpaper can be pulled taut across the bottom surface of the main body by moving said flap member from said first position to said second position with the sheet of sandpaper fastened to the first and second fastener structures; wherein the front side of the sandpaper facing away from the first fastener structure does not engage the front side of the sandpaper facing away from the second fastener structure when said flap is in the second position.