Contouring sanding system

Abstract

A new Countouring Contouring Sanding System for sanding various shapes of surfaces while providing the user an ergonomic sanding block decreasing wear on the user's hands. The inventive device includes an ergonomic sanding block, a template securing means attached to the ergonomic sanding block, and a molding template removably secured within the ergonomic sanding block by the template securing means.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:  
     
       1. A Contouring Sanding System comprising: 
       an ergonomic sanding block substantially rectangular shaped having a lower portion, an upper portion, a top surface, a bottom surface, a pair of elongated sides, a vertical side and an opposite vertical side;  
       a template securing means positioned within the ergonomic sanding block;  
       a molding template removably secured within the ergonomic sanding block by the template securing means;  
       an abrasive paper sheet secured to a bottom side of the molding template; and  
       the ergonomic sanding block includes:  
       a sanding flange surrounding the lower portion of the ergonomic sanding block;  
       at least two thumb fossa positioned into the upper portion of the elongated sides;  
       at least four finger filisters positioned into the top surface;  
       a template cavity projecting into the bottom surface of the sanding block shaped to receive the molding template; and  
       a pin aperture centrally positioned into the vertical side near the finger filisters terminating into the template cavity and another pin aperture into the opposite vertical side terminating into the template cavity.  
     
     
       2. The Contouring Sanding System of claim  1 , wherein the template securing means includes: 
       a compression spring slidably positioned within each of the pin apertures within the ergonomic sanding block; and  
       a release pin projecting through the compression spring and further through the pin aperture into the template cavity, where the release pin terminates removably into the molding template.  
     
     
       3. The Contouring Sanding System of claim  2 , wherein the molding template includes a pin passage centrally positioned at one end and another pin passage centrally positioned at an opposite end, where the release pins project into respective pin passages demountably securing the molding template within the template cavity of the ergonomic sanding block. 
     
     
       4. The Countouring  Contouring Sanding System of claim  3 , wherein the molding template is further formed to various shapes so as to evenly sand various shapes of objects. 
     
     
       5. A contoured sanding system comprising: 
       
         an ergonomic sanding block having a lower portion, an upper portion, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of elongated sides, a vertical side and an opposite vertical side;  
       
       
         a sanding flange surrounding the lower portion of the ergonomic sanding block;  
       
       
         a thumb fossa formed in the upper portion of each of the elongated sides of the ergonomic sanding block, each of the fossa extending into the top surface of the sanding block;  
       
       
         at least two finger filisters formed in the top surface of the ergonomic sanding block;  
       
       
         a gel container aperture defined by the sanding flange and the bottom surface of the ergonomic sanding block;  
       
       
         a resilient gel container positioned in the gel container aperture of the ergonomic sanding block, the gel container having a bottom side;  
       
       
         a gel solution contained in the gel container for permitting the gel container to conform to various shapes; and  
       
       
         an abrasive paper sheet secured to the bottom side of the gel container. 
       
     
     
       6. A contoured sanding system comprising: 
       
         a sanding block having a lower portion, an upper portion, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of elongated sides, a first end and a second end;  
       
       
         a template securing means positioned on the sanding block;  
       
       
         a molding template removably secured to the sanding block by the template securing means; and  
       
       
         an abrasive secured to a bottom side of the molding template;  
       
       
         wherein the sanding block includes:  
       
       
         a fossa formed in the upper portion of each of the elongated sides of the sanding block, each of the fossa extending into the top surface of the sanding block; and  
       
       
         at least two finger filisters formed in the top surface of the sanding block;  
       
       
         wherein the template securing means includes a sanding flange surrounding the lower portion of the sanding block. 
       
     
     
       7. A contoured sanding system comprising: 
       
         a sanding block having a lower portion, an upper portion, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of elongated sides, a first end and a second end;  
       
       
         a template securing means positioned on the sanding block;  
       
       
         a molding template removably secured to the sanding block by the template securing means; and  
       
       
         an abrasive secured to a bottom side of the molding template;  
       
       
         wherein the sanding block includes:  
       
       
         a fossa formed in the upper portion of each of the elongated sides of the sanding block, each of the fossa extending into the top surface of the sanding block; and  
       
       
         at least two finger filisters formed in the top surface of the sanding block;  
       
       
         wherein the template securing means includes a template cavity projecting into the bottom surface of the sanding block shaped to receive the molding template. 
       
     
     
       8. A contoured sanding system comprising: 
       
         a sanding block having a lower portion, an upper portion, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of elongated sides, a first end and a second end;  
       
       
         a template securing means positioned on the sanding block;  
       
       
         a molding template removably secured to the sanding block by the template securing means; and  
       
       
         an abrasive secured to a bottom side of the molding template;  
       
       
         wherein the sanding block includes:  
       
       
         a fossa formed in the upper portion of each of the elongated sides of the sanding block, each of the fossa extending into the top surface of the sanding block; and  
       
       
         at least two finger filisters formed in the top surface of the sanding block;  
       
       
         wherein each of the elongated sides has a substantially planar surface and each fossa is surrounded toward the bottom surface and the first and second ends by the substantially planar surface of the elongated side.