Sanding block

Abstract

A hand-held sanding block used by a hand of a user, replaceably holds sheet sandpaper, prevents the sheet sandpaper held therein from unintentional removal therefrom during use, and does not collapse under heavy pressure from the hand of the user during use. The hand-held sanding block includes a body. The body is used by the hand of the user, replaceably holds the sheet sandpaper, prevents the sheet sandpaper held therein from unintentional removal therefrom during use, and does not collapse under the heavy pressure from the hand of the user during use.

Claims

1. A method of loading sheet sandpaper onto a hand-held sanding block, wherein the sheet sandpaper: a) has an abrasive surface; and b) is 911; wherein the hand-held sanding block has a body with: a) a top surface; b) a pair of upper axial edges; c) a pair of lower axial edges; d) a pair of side surfaces; e) a pair of end surfaces; and f) a sandpaper-holding blind slot defined by: i) a pair of side surfaces; and ii) a pair of terminal edges; wherein said method comprising the steps of: a) folding the sheet sandpaper in half to form a doubled sheet sandpaper having a pair of free long edges, a folded long edge, and two pair of short edges, and being 95; b) inserting the folded long edge of the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper into the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body so as to form a first inserted portion, with the abrasive surface of the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper engaging against one side surface of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body for preventing the first inserted portion of the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper from unintentional removal from the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body; c) bending the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper outwardly over an adjacent terminal edge of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body, onto the top surface of the body, so as to form a first top portion; d) bending the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper downwardly over an adjacent upper axial edge of the body, onto an adjacent side surface of the body, so as to form a first side portion; e) bending the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper inwardly over an adjacent lower axial edge, onto the bottom surface of the body, so as to form a bottom portion; f) bending the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper upwardly over the other lower axial edge, onto the other side surface of the body, so as to form a second side portion; g) bending the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper inwardly over the other upper axial edge, onto the top surface of the body, so as to form a second top portion; and h) bending the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper downwardly over the other terminal edge of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body, onto the other side surface of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body, so as to form a second insert portion being the pair of free long edges of the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper, with the abrasive surface of the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper engaging against the other side surface of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body for preventing the second inserted portion of the doubled sheet sandpaper of the sheet sandpaper from unintentional removal from the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the body is only one-piece, completely solid, and completely not hollow for not coming apart under heavy pressure from the hand of the user during use and for not collapsing under heavy pressure from the hand of the user during use.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the body is rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the body has a pair of end surfaces.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the top surface of the body is parallel to the bottom surface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the top surface of the body is disposed over the bottom surface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the top surface of the body is spaced from the bottom surface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of side surfaces of the body are flat for providing working surfaces for sanding.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of side surfaces of the body are parallel to each other.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of side surfaces of the body are spaced-apart from each other.

11. The method of claim 4, wherein the pair of end surfaces of the body are flat.

12. The method of claim 4, wherein the pair of end surfaces of the body are parallel to each other.

13. The method of claim 4, wherein the pair of end surfaces of the body are spaced-apart from each other.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body is disposed in the top surface of the body.

15. The method of claim 4, wherein the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body extends from one end surface of the body to the other end surface of the body.

16. The method of claim 4, wherein the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body opens into one end surface of the body.

17. The method of claim 4, wherein the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body opens into the other end surface of the body.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body is parallel to the pair of side surfaces of the body.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body is equally spaced inwardly from the pair of side surfaces of the body.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body is rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body is defined by a top.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body is defined by a bottom surface.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body defined by a pair of ends.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the top of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body opens into the top surface of the body.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the bottom surface of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body is flat.

26. The method of claim 22, wherein the bottom surface of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body is parallel to the top surface of the body; and wherein the bottom surface of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body is parallel to the bottom surface of the body.

27. The method of claim 22, wherein the bottom surface of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body is spaced between the top surface of the body and the bottom surface of the body.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of side surfaces of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body are flat.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of side surfaces of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body are parallel to each other.

30. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of side surfaces of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body are parallel to the pair of side surfaces of the body.

31. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of side surfaces of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body are spaced between the pair of side surfaces of the body.

32. The method of claim 23, wherein the pair of ends of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body open into the pair of end surfaces of the body, respectively.

33. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of side surfaces of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body meet the top surface of the body at the pair of terminal edges of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body, respectively.

34. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of terminal edges of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body are parallel to each other.

35. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of terminal edges of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body extend axially along the top surface of the body, from one end surface of the body to the other end surface of the body.

36. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of terminal edges of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body have entire lengths; and wherein the pair of terminal edges of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body are squared off along the entire length thereof so as to be complementary.

37. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of terminal edges of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body are at least one of not rounded, not chamfered, and not beveled, for preventing the sheet sandpaper held in the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body from unintentional removal therefrom during use by virtue of the sheet sandpaper being bent around a pair of 90 right angles of the pair of terminal edges of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body, as opposed to being bent around a pair of rounded, chamfered, or beveled angles of a pair of terminal edges of the sandpaper-holding blind slot of the body.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

(1) The figures of the drawing are briefly described as follows:

(2) FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view illustrating an embodiment of the sanding block with sandpaper installed thereon in use;

(3) FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic perspective view illustrating an embodiment of the sanding block per se and without any sandpaper installed thereon;

(4) FIG. 3 is an end elevational view taken in the direction of either arrow 3 in FIG. 2;

(5) FIG. 4 is a top plan view taken in the direction of arrow 4 in FIG. 2;

(6) FIG. 5 is a side elevational view taken in the direction of either arrow 5 in FIG. 2;

(7) FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view taken in the direction of arrow 6 in FIG. 2;

(8) FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic view illustrating how exactly a half sheet of cooperating sandpaper is folded so that it may be installed to cover the entire outer surface of the sanding block shown in FIG. 2 with a grit side facing outwardly;

(9) FIG. 8 is a diagrammatic perspective view illustrating an embodiment of the sanding block after sandpaper is installed thereon with a grit side facing outwardly and a paper side facing inwardly;

(10) FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic view illustrating how exactly a full sheet of cooperating sandpaper is folded so that it may be installed to cover the entire outer surface of the sanding block shown in FIG. 2 with a grit side facing outwardly;

(11) FIG. 10 is a diagrammatic perspective view illustrating an embodiment of the sanding block after sandpaper is installed thereon with a grit side facing outwardly and a grit side facing inwardly;

(12) FIG. 11 is an enlarged diagrammatic end view taken in the direction of arrow 11 in FIG. 8;

(13) FIG. 12 is a further enlarged view, of the area enclosed by the dotted circle indicated by arrow 12 in FIG. 11, illustrating juxtaposed layers of materials;

(14) FIG. 13 is an enlarged diagrammatic end view taken in the direction of arrow 13 in FIG. 10;

(15) FIG. 14 is a further enlarged view, of the area enclosed by the dotted circle indicated by arrow 14 in FIG. 13, illustrating juxtaposed layers of materials; and

(16) FIG. 15A-15E are a flowchart for a method of loading sheet sandpaper onto the sanding block.

A MARSHALING OF REFERENCE NUMERALS UTILIZED IN THE DRAWING

Introductory

(17) 20 hand-held sanding block of embodiments of present invention for being used by hand 22 of user 24, for replaceably holding sheet sandpaper 26, for preventing sheet sandpaper 26 held therein from unintentional removal therefrom during use, and for not collapsing under heavy pressure from hand 22 of user 24 during use 22 hand of user 24 24 user 26 sheet sandpaper

Configuration of Hand-Held Sanding Block 20

(18) 28 body for being used by hand 22 of user 24, for replaceably holding sheet sandpaper 26, for preventing sheet sandpaper 26 held therein from unintentional removal therefrom during use, and for not collapsing under heavy pressure from hand 22 of user 24 during use 30 top surface of body 28 32 bottom surface of body 28 34 pair of side surfaces of body 28 for providing working surfaces for sanding 36 pair of end surfaces of body 28 38 sandpaper-holding blind slot of body 28 for replaceably holding sheet sandpaper 26 and for preventing sheet sandpaper 26 held therein from unintentional removal therefrom during use 40 top of sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of body 28 42 bottom surface of sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of body 28 44 pair of side surfaces of sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of body 28 46 pair of ends of sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of body 28 48 pair of terminal edges of sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of body 28 for preventing sheet sandpaper 26 held in sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of body 28 from unintentional removal therefrom during use

First Method of Loading Sheet Sandpaper 26 onto Hand-Held Sanding Block 20

(19) 50 pair of upper axial edges of body 28 52 pair of lower axial edges of body 28 53 abrasive surface of sheet sandpaper 26 53a non-abrasive surface of sheet sandpaper 26 54 sheet sandpaper of sheet sandpaper 26 56 pair of long edges of sheet sandpaper 54 of sheet sandpaper 26 58 pair of short edges of sheet sandpaper 54 of sheet sandpaper 26 60 first inserted portion of sheet sandpaper 54 of sheet sandpaper 26 62 first top portion of sheet sandpaper 54 of sheet sandpaper 26 64 first side portion of sheet sandpaper 54 of sheet sandpaper 26 66 bottom portion of sheet sandpaper 54 of sheet sandpaper 26 68 second side portion of sheet sandpaper 54 of sheet sandpaper 26 70 second top portion of sheet sandpaper 54 of sheet sandpaper 26 72 second insert portion of sheet sandpaper 54 of sheet sandpaper 26

Second Method of Loading Sheet Sandpaper 26 onto Hand-Held Sanding Block 20

(20) 154 doubled sheet sandpaper of sheet sandpaper 26 156 pair of free long edges of doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of sheet sandpaper 26 157 folded long edge of doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of sheet sandpaper 26 158 two pair of short edges of doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of sheet sandpaper 26 160 first inserted portion of doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of sheet sandpaper 26 162 first top portion of doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of sheet sandpaper 26 164 first side portion of doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of sheet sandpaper 26 166 bottom portion of doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of sheet sandpaper 26 168 second side portion of doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of sheet sandpaper 26 170 second top portion of doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of sheet sandpaper 26 172 second insert portion of doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of sheet sandpaper 26

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Introductory

(21) Referring now to the figures, in which like numerals indicate like parts, and particularly to FIG. 1, the hand-held sanding block of the embodiments of the present invention is shown generally at 20 for being used by a hand 22 of a user 24, for replaceably holding sheet sandpaper 26, for preventing the sheet sandpaper 26 held therein from unintentional removal therefrom during use, and for not collapsing under heavy pressure from the hand 22 of the user 24 during use.

Configuration of the Hand-Held Sanding Block 20

(22) The configuration of the hand-held sanding block 20 can best be seen in FIGS. 2-6, and as such, will be discussed with reference thereto.

(23) The hand-held sanding block 20 comprises a body 28. The body 28 is for being used by the hand 22 of the user 24, for replaceably holding the sheet sandpaper 26, for preventing the sheet sandpaper 26 held therein from unintentional removal therefrom during use, and for not collapsing under the heavy pressure from the hand 22 of the user 24 during use.

(24) The body 28 is only one-piece, completely solid, and completely not hollow for not coming apart under the heavy pressure from the hand 22 of the user 24 during use and for not collapsing under the heavy pressure from the hand 22 of the user 24 during use.

(25) The body 28 is rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped, and as such, has a top surface 30, a bottom surface 32 that is flat for providing a working surface for sanding, a pair of side surfaces 34, and a pair of end surfaces 36.

(26) The top surface 30 of the body 28 is flat, parallel to, disposed over, and spaced from, the bottom surface 32 of the body 28.

(27) The pair of side surfaces 34 of the body 28 are flat for providing working surfaces for sanding, parallel to each other, and spaced-apart from each other.

(28) The pair of end surfaces 36 of the body 28 are flat, parallel to, and spaced-apart from, each other.

(29) The body 28 further has a sandpaper-holding blind slot 38.

(30) The sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 is disposed in the top surface 30 of the body 28, extends from, and opens into, one end surface 36 of the body 28 to, and opens into, the other end surface 36 of the body 28, is parallel to, and equally spaced inwardly from, the pair of side surfaces 34 of the body 28, is for replaceably holding the sheet sandpaper 26, and is for preventing the sheet sandpaper 26 held therein from unintentional removal therefrom during use.

(31) As shown in FIG. 3, the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 is rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped, and as such, is defined by a top 40, a bottom surface 42, a pair of side surfaces 44, and a pair of ends 46.

(32) The top 40 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 opens into the top surface 30 of the body 28.

(33) The bottom surface 42 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 is flat, and parallel to, and spaced between, the top surface 30 of the body 28 and the bottom surface 32 of the body 28.

(34) The pair of side surfaces 44 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 are flat, parallel to each other, and parallel to, and spaced between, the pair of side surfaces 34 of the body 28.

(35) The pair of ends 46 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 open into the pair of end surface 36 of the body 28, respectively.

(36) The pair of side surfaces 44 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 meet the top surface 30 of the body 28 at a pair of terminal edges 48, respectively

(37) The pair of terminal edges 48 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 are parallel to each other, and extend axially along the top surface 30 of the body 28, from one end surface 36 of the body 28 to the other end surface 36 of the body 28.

(38) The pair of terminal edges 48 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 have entire lengths, are squared off along the entire length thereof so as to be complementary, and along the entire length thereof are not at least one of rounded, chamfered, and beveled for preventing the sheet sandpaper 26 held in the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 from unintentional removal therefrom during use by virtue of the sheet sandpaper 26 being bent around a pair of 90 right angles of the pair of terminal edges 48 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28, as opposed to being bent around a pair of rounded, chamfered, or beveled angles of a pair of terminal edges 48 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28.

First Method of Loading the Sheet Sandpaper 26 onto the Hand-Held Sanding Block 20

(39) The first method of loading the sheet sandpaper 26 onto the hand-held sanding block 20 can best be seen in FIGS. 7, 8, 11, and 12, and as such, will be discussed with reference thereto.

(40) The pair of side surfaces 34 of the body 28 meet the top surface 30 of the body 28 at a pair of upper axial edges 50, and meet the bottom surface 32 of the body 28 at a pair of lower axial edges 52.

(41) The sheet sandpaper 26 is a standard 911, has an abrasive surface 53 and a non-abrasive surface 53a, and is cut in half to be a sheet sandpaper 54 that is 954, and as such, has a pair of long edges 56 and a pair of short edges 58. STEP 1: Insert one long edge 56 of the sheet sandpaper 54 of the sheet sandpaper 26 into the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 so as to form a first inserted portion 60, with the non-abrasive surface 53a of the sheet sandpaper 54 of the sheet sandpaper 26 resting against one side surface 44 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28; STEP 2: Bend the sheet sandpaper 54 of the sheet sandpaper 26 outwardly over an adjacent terminal edge 48 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28, onto the top surface 30 of the body 28, so as to form a first top portion 62; STEP 3: Bend the sheet sandpaper 54 of the sheet sandpaper 26 downwardly over an adjacent upper axial edge 50 of the body 28, onto an adjacent side surface 34 of the body 28, so as to form a first side portion 64; STEP 4: Bend the sheet sandpaper 54 of the sheet sandpaper 26 inwardly over an adjacent lower axial edge 52 of the body 28, onto the bottom surface 32 of the body 28, so as to form a bottom portion 66; STEP 5: Bend the sheet sandpaper 54 of the sheet sandpaper 26 upwardly over the other lower axial edge 52 of the body 28, onto the other side surface 34 of the body 28, so as to form a second side portion 68; STEP 6: Bend the sheet sandpaper 54 of the sheet sandpaper 26 inwardly over the other upper axial edge 50 of the body 28, onto the top surface 30 of the body 28, so as to form a second top portion 70; and STEP 7: Bend the sheet sandpaper 54 of the sheet sandpaper 26 downwardly over the other terminal edge 48 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28, onto the other side surface 44 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28, so as to form a second insert portion 72.

Second Method of Loading the Sheet Sandpaper 26 onto the Hand-Held Sanding Block 20

(42) The second method of loading the sheet sandpaper 26 onto the hand-held sanding block 20 can best be seen in FIGS. 9, 10, 13, 14, and 15A-15E, and as such, will be discussed with reference thereto. STEP 1: Fold the sheet sandpaper 26 in half to form a doubled sheet sandpaper 154 having a pair of free long edges 156, a folded long edge 157, and two pair of short edges 158; STEP 2: Insert the folded long edge 157 of the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 into the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 so as to form a first inserted portion 160, with the abrasive surface 53 of the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 engaging against one side surface 44 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 for preventing the first inserted portion 160 of the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 from unintentional removal from the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28; STEP 3: Bend the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 outwardly over an adjacent terminal edge 48 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28, onto the top surface 30 of the body 28, so as to form a first top portion 162; STEP 4: Bend the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 downwardly over an adjacent upper axial edge 50 of the body 28, onto an adjacent side surface 34 of the body 28, so as to form a first side portion 164; STEP 5: Bend the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 inwardly over an adjacent lower axial edge 52, onto the bottom surface 32 of the body 28, so as to form a bottom portion 166; STEP 6: Bend the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 upwardly over the other lower axial edge 52, onto the other side surface 34 of the body 28, so as to form a second side portion 168; STEP 7: Bend the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 inwardly over the other upper axial edge 50, onto the top surface 30 of the body 28, so as to form a second top portion 170; and STEP 8: Bend the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 downwardly over the other terminal edge 48 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28, onto the other side surface 44 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28, so as to form a second insert portion 172 being the pair of free long edges 156 of the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26, with the abrasive surface 53 of the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 engaging against the other side surface 44 of the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28 for preventing the second inserted portion 160 of the doubled sheet sandpaper 154 of the sheet sandpaper 26 from unintentional removal from the sandpaper-holding blind slot 38 of the body 28.

Impressions

(43) It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together, may also find a useful application in other types of constructions differing from the types described above.

(44) While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodiments of a sanding block, accordingly it is not limited to the details shown, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.

(45) Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention.