Patents by Inventor Donald W. Beaudry

Donald W. Beaudry has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6524175
    Abstract: The sanding sponge primarily is used for sanding finished dry wall. The sanding sponge is made from a cellular foam material in the shape of a right prism in which the bases have the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. The sanding sponge has an abrasive coating on the bottom surface and the two lateral surfaces, and a layer of hook and loop fastening material adhesively attached to the top surface. The sanding sponge is part of a kit including a hand sander base and a pole sander head. The hand sander base has a plate with a handle on the top surface and a layer of hook and loop fastening material on the bottom surface for removably attaching the sanding sponge. The pole sander head has a plate with a universal joint attached to the top surface and a layer of hook and loop fastening material on the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventors: Donald W. Beaudry, Leonard Launderville, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6227959
    Abstract: A sanding sponge primarily used for sanding finished dry wall. In its least complicated embodiment, the tool is a hand-held sanding sponge made from a cellular foam material into a block having a top portion with a nonabrasive surface to ensure a comfortable grip and a bottom portion with an abrasive surface and acutely angled opposed edges, to allow the sponge to be used for sanding the corners and angles of finished drywall. In alternate embodiments the sanding sponge has means for attachment to a commercially available pole sander, or the sanding sponge may form an annular disk having a removable abrasive layer on one side and a hole formed through its radial center adapted for attachment: to an electric power sander.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventor: Donald W. Beaudry
  • Publication number: 20010000503
    Abstract: The sanding sponge primarily is used for sanding finished dry wall. The sanding sponge is made from a cellular foam material in the shape of a right prism in which the bases have the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. The sanding sponge has an abrasive coating on the bottom surface and the two lateral surfaces, and a layer of hook and loop fastening material adhesively attached to the top surface. The sanding sponge is part of a kit including a hand sander base and a pole sander head. The hand sander base has a plate with a handle on the top surface and a layer of hook and loop fastening material on the bottom surface for removably attaching the sanding sponge. The pole sander head has a plate with a universal joint attached to the top surface and a layer of hook and loop fastening material on the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: April 26, 2001
    Inventors: Donald W. Beaudry, Leonard Launderville