US 2026/0138235 A1 · Buffing Pad

Abstract

A buffing pad assembly having a buffing pad, an attachment means, and an insert (e.g., plastic ring) is provided. In one embodiment, the attachment means is affixed (glued) to a back surface of the buffing pad and the insert is centered on an upper surface of the attachment means. The insert is then heated, affixing it to at least the upper surface of the attachment means. The insert is then deformed (while it is still pliable) into a curved-upward or an L-shape, forming a cavity on the backside of the buffing pad assembly. And because the insert is affixed to the attachment means, and the attachment means is affixed to the buffing pad, deforming the insert results in deforming a front surface of the buffing pad, resulting in a curved front surface.

Claims21

Dependent claims

1-20. (canceled)

A buffing pad assembly, comprising:

a buffing pad having a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface connecting said front surface to said back surface, said front surface being configured to at least one of buff and polish a vehicle;
an attachment means having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein said inner surface is affixed to said back surface of said buffing pad and said outer surface is configured to connect said buffing pad assembly to a rotary portion of at least one of a rotary and orbital machine;
and
a plastic material affixed to a portion of said outer surface of said attachment means, wherein said plastic material is curved upward, resulting in a portion of said back surface and said side surface of said buffing pad being curved upward, thereby creating a cavity on a backside of said buffing pad assembly for accepting at least said rotating portion of said at least one of said rotary and orbital machine;
wherein said curved plastic material further results in a portion of said front surface being curved upward toward said back surface of said buffing pad;
and
wherein said buffing pad is substantially circular and said plastic material comprises a plastic ring so that said backside of said buffing pad assembly only has plastic around its edges and not its center where said attachment means comes into contact with said rotating portion of said at least one of said rotary and orbital machine.

4 more elements

A buffing pad assembly, comprising:

a substantially cylindrical buffing pad having a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface connecting said front surface to said back surface, said front surface being configured to at least one of buff and polish a vehicle;
an attachment means having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein said inner surface is affixed to said back surface of said buffing pad and said outer surface is configured to connect said buffing pad assembly to a rotary portion of at least one of a rotary and orbital machine, said attachment means comprising at least a portion of a hook-and-pile fastener;
and
a substantially cylindrical plastic ring affixed to at least a portion of said outer surface of said attachment means so that said backside of said buffing pad assembly only has plastic around its edges and not its center where said attachment means comes into contact with said rotating portion of said at least one of said rotary and orbital machine, wherein a portion of said plastic ring is curved upward, resulting in a curvature upward of a portion of said back surface and said side surface of said buffing pad, thereby creating a cavity on a backside of said buffing pad assembly for receiving said rotary portion of at least one of a rotary and orbital machine;
wherein said curved plastic material further results in a portion of said front surface being curved toward said back surface of said buffing pad.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/451,498Filed 16 Jan 2026

Priority

21 Sep 2021

Published

21 May 2026

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B24D 13/147
Acting by the front face: comprising assemblies of felted or spongy material; comprising pads surrounded by a flexible material
B24D 9/08
Wheels or drums supporting in exchangeable arrangement a layer of flexible abrasive material, e.g. sandpaper: circular back-plates for carrying…
A47L 11/162
The tools being disc brushes: having only a single disc brush
B24D
Tools for grinding, buffing or sharpening

Family

Application29/808,610Continuation in part · filed 21 Sep 2021

Application29/847,822Continuation in part · filed 28 Jul 2022

Application17/949,918Continuation · filed 21 Sep 2022

Application19/451,498Continuation

Application17/949,918Continuation in part

US 12,564,917 B2Related patent

US 2024/0375247 A1Published application

US 2026/0138235 A1This patent

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Claims21