Abstract: A reclosable bulk display package includes a housing having a back retaining surface with an opening, a peripheral wall connected thereto extending generally outward therefrom and terminating in a forward edge to form an inner cavity for accepting an article, and a flange extending from the wall and having an opening. A cover portion is provided having a front retaining surface having an opening, a peripheral wall edge connected thereto and extending generally laterally from the front retaining surface to form an inner cavity for accepting the forward edge of the housing wall therein in a snap fit manner. A flange extends from the wall edge which serves a dual purpose as a tab to aid cover removal as well as a foot to form a part of a stand for shelf display to maintain the package in a position whereby the retaining surfaces are maintained generally normal and upright.

Abstract: A holder for releasably retaining an abrasive block includes a base having a bottom surface and a wall extending outward therefrom which together define a abrasive block receiving surface to friction fit receive the abrasive block, and a polyfoam handle connected to the base and which extends upward from a top surface of the base.

Abstract: A process of making a laminate and laminate formed thereby and a process of making an abrasive laminate and laminate formed thereby include providing a first moving sheet having a first side and a second side, applying active foaming material in a pre-mixed form to the first side, providing a second moving sheet having a first side and second side, the second sheet provided in a manner such that the first side of the second sheet contacts the foaming material to form an uncured laminate and maintaining the first sheet and the second sheet at a predetermined distance relative to one another during a curing period of the foaming material such that the foaming material bonds to the first sheet and the second sheet and upon curing forms a laminate.

Abstract: A holder for releasably retaining an abrasive block includes a base having a bottom surface and a wall extending outward therefrom which together define a abrasive block receiving surface to friction fit receive the abrasive block, and a polyfoam handle connected to the base and which extends upward from a top surface of the base.

Abstract: A method of making a composite support structure and sander includes the steps of providing a rigid plate adjacent a mold such that a polyfoam layer can be formed to a front surface thereof which includes a wall defining a contained surface, the plate having a back surface for connection to a handle and introducing into the mold fluid components which react to form a polyfoam which is reaction bonded to the front surface of the rigid plate such that a back surface of the polyfoam layer forms within the contained surface and about the wall in a complementary manner thereto and a front surface of the polyfoam layer extends outward from the front surface of the rigid plate and is formed to have a relatively planar surface thereby rendering the composite support structure for removably connecting sandpaper to the relatively planar surface of the polyfoam layer.

Abstract: A composite support structure for use in sanding and sander includes a rigid plate having a front surface which includes a wall defining a contained surface and a back surface for connection to a handle and a polyfoam layer having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the back surface of the polyfoam is reaction bonded to the front surface of the rigid plate such that the back surface of the polyfoam layer forms within the contained surface and about the wall in a complementary manner thereto and the front surface of the polyfoam layer extends outward from the front surface of the rigid plate and is formed to have a relatively planar surface thereby rendering the composite support structure for removably connecting sandpaper to the back surface of the polyfoam layer.

Abstract: A composite support structure for use in sanding includes a rigid member having a front surface and a back surface for connection to a handle, and a polyfoam layer having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the back surface of the polyfoam is bonded to the front surface of the rigid member which when bonded forms a suitable composite support structure for removably connecting sandpaper thereto. A method of forming the same is provided.

Abstract: A sanding block includes a compressible core having at least one pair of sides characterized such that an abrasive material is adhered to said sides substantially along the surface thereof and having a juncture area defined between said two sides which does not have said abrasive material adhered thereto such that the abrasive material does not run continuously about the sides of the core thereby providing the two sides to be readily compressed toward one another. A method of forming the same is also provided.

Abstract: A sanding block includes a compressible core having at least one pair of sides characterized such that an abrasive material is adhered to said sides substantially along the surface thereof and having a juncture area defined between said two sides which does not have said abrasive material adhered thereto such that the abrasive material does not run continuously about the sides of the core thereby providing the two sides to be readily compressed toward one another. A method of forming the same is also provided.

Abstract: A composite support structure for use in sanding includes a rigid member having a front surface and a back surface for connection to a handle, and a polyfoam layer having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the back surface of the polyfoam is bonded to the front surface of the rigid member which when bonded forms a suitable composite support structure for removably connecting sandpaper thereto. A method of forming the same is provided.

Abstract: A package which demonstrates utility of two cooperating attachable pieces includes a first package portion for retaining a first piece having a first releasably connectable surface thereon, wherein the first package portion includes a reveal surface to expose part of the releasably connectable surface, a second package portion for retaining a second piece which cooperates with the first piece and has a second releasably connectable surface thereon, wherein the second package portion includes a reveal surface to expose part of the second releasably connectable surface. Further, the releasably connectable surfaces can be connected to one another through the reveal surfaces which when so connected retains the package portions adjacent one another.

Abstract: A method of making an abrading implement includes the steps of disposing a porous member for aiding in abrasion adjacent a first surface within a mold and supplying two reactive liquid components into the mold in a manner in which the two materials enter onto a second surface of the mold opposing the first surface, whereupon a reaction between the components form a raw implement of structural foam which is bonded to the porous member. Subsequent the reaction, the raw implement is removed from the mold and cut, preferably sawn, in a manner to provide an abrasive implement having a surface portion the foam exposed from the cut to aid in gripping the same by one's hand. An abrading implement is also provided by the method.

Abstract: A reclosable display package of thin flexible thermoformed plastic material for packaging and displaying an article therein, the reclosable display package includes a first package portion having a base with a retaining surface and a peripheral edge, a wall surface connected at a bottom edge extending generally perpendicular to the retaining surface along the peripheral edge thereof forming a cavity for accepting the article, and a flange extending from a top edge of the wall surface to form a first mating surface, wherein the flange is formed with a female connecting surface portion and a male connecting surface portion symmetrically spaced apart from one another about a central axis through the first package portion.