Patent ID: 7033259

Claim:
A manual sander apparatus comprising: a sanding backer plate assembly comprising a backer plate and clamp members for detachably clamping a sheet of sandpaper in stretched placement across the backer plate; an upper housing member having a body, a handle and a lower skirt portion, the housing member adapted to be releasably and adjustably held in place about the backer plate assembly, the housing member having a fitting member adapted to connect to a vacuum pipe member; and adjustment members mounted to at least one of the backer plate assembly and upper housing member and adapted to permit relative side-to-side adjustment of the backer plate assembly and associated sandpaper sheet relative to the upper housing member, such that an edge of the sandpaper and backer plate can extend transversely at least substantially to one of the respective edges of the lower skirt portion of the body member, thereby to permit edge-sanding.