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US 10,597,537 B2Granted
Leuco dye pastel marking device
AssigneeNocopi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTerry W. Stovold, JoAnn Domanski
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AssigneeNocopi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTerry W. Stovold, JoAnn Domanski
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A leuco dye pastel marking device for use with a substrate treated with an activator of the leuco dye, such that drawing upon the substrate will reveal a color, but drawing on a normal surface will have no visible effect. A solvent such as dimethyl adipate is used to store the leuco dye in a longer-lived, more stable, solid form, and varying hardnesses and consistencies may be achieved by the addition of 12 hydroxystearic acid and ethyl cellulose. The substrate may be treated selectively with the activator such that a texture, image, or hidden message is revealed by the application of the leuco dye pastel to the substrate. One or more substrates and one or more leuco dye pastel marking devices may be presented to a child as a coloring book with pastels that only visibly mark the coloring book and no other surface.
A marking device comprising a solid mixture of an ester and a leuco dye dissolved in the ester, further comprising a body that stores the solid mixture, and wherein pressure is applied from a bottom end of the body to extrude the solid mixture from a top end of the body.
A marking device comprising a solid mixture of an ester and a leuco dye dissolved in the ester, wherein the solid mixture comprises ethyl cellulose, and wherein the solid mixture further comprises 12 hydroxystearic acid.
A marking device comprising a solid mixture of an ester and a leuco dye dissolved in the ester, wherein the solid mixture comprises ethyl cellulose, and wherein the solid mixture further comprises dibenzylamide sorbitol, dibutyl ethyl hexanoyl glutamide, and pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)proprionate).
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