US Patent Issued to Andrea Valentini on Feb. 3 for "Plate-like backing pad adapted for releasable attachment to a hand-held polishing or sanding power tool" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,578, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Andrea Valentini (Milan).

"Plate-like backing pad adapted for releasable attachment to a hand-held polishing or sanding power tool" was invented by Andrea Valentini (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plate-like backing pad (20) for releasable attachment to a hand-held polishing/sanding power tool (2) includes a center axis (34), a top surface (50) having a resilient plastic damping layer (52) attached thereto, an even bottom layer (22) attached to a bottom surface (56) of the damping layer (52) and adapted for releasable attachment of a polishing/sanding member (24), and an attachment member...