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US 6,794,440 B2Granted
Tear resistant gelatinous elastomer compositions and articles for use as fishing bait
AssigneeApplied Elastomerics, Inc.
InventorJohn Y. Chen
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Abstract
A soft gelatinous elastomer composition and article useful as fishing bait formed from one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s) and one or more plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom.
Claims25
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a linear radial triblock or multiblock copolymer(s);
- (II) a selected plasticizer being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom,
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in testing exhibits knotty tears as opposed to smooth tears.
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- wherein said block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- wherein said block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a linear and radial triblock or multiblock copolymer(s) and from
- (II) about 300 to about 1,600 parts by weight of a plasticizing oil;
- and in combination with or without
- (III) a selected amount of one or more polymers or copolymers of poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene), poly(styrene-butadiene)n, poly(styrene-isoprene-styrene)n, poly(styrene-isoprene)n, poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene)n, poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene)n, polystyrene, polybutylene, poly(ethylene-propylene), poly(ethylene-butylene), polypropylene, or polyethylene, wherein said selected copolymer is a linear, radial, star-shaped, branched or multiarm copolymer, wherein n is greater than one;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in testing exhibits knotty tears as opposed to smooth tears.
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in combination with or without a fatty acid;
- wherein said block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in combination with or without one or more selected polymers or copolymers;
- said second plasticizers being in effective amounts in combination with said first plasticizers for said gelatinous compositions to have a greater temperature compression set than a gelatinous composition having the same rigidity formed from said first plasticizers alone;
- said second plasticizers for said gelatinous compositions to have a greater temperature compression set than a gelatinous composition having the same rigidity formed from said first plasticizers alone or formed from a combination of said first plasticizers and said second plasticizers;
- wherein said block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in combination with or without one or more selected polymers or copolymers;
- said second plasticizers being in effective amounts in combination with said first plasticizers for said gelatinous compositions to have a greater temperature compression set than a gelatinous composition having the same rigidity formed from said first plasticizers alone;
- said second plasticizers for said gelatinous compositions to have a greater temperature compression set than a gelatinous composition having the same rigidity formed from said first plasticizers alone or formed from a combination of said first plasticizers and said second plasticizers;
- and
- said fishing bait being life like, soft, flexible, capable of exhibiting buoyancy in water;
- wherein said block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in combination with or without one or more selected polymers or copolymers;
- said fishing bait being life like, soft, flexible, capable of exhibiting buoyancy in water, and having a elongation greater than 500%;
- said fishing bait being rupture resistant to dynamic stretching, shearing, resistant to ball-up during casting, resistant to tearing encountered during hook penetration, casting, and presentation;
- said fishing bait capable of exhibiting a success hook to catch ratio greater than 5, and
- said fishing bait having greater elongation, greater tear resistance, or greater fatigue resistance than a conventional plastisol polyvinyl chloride fishing bait of corresponding rigidity;
- wherein said block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition have a greater temperature compression heat set as determined for 1.0 hour at 50° C. in 180° U bend than a conventional plastisol polyvinyl chloride fishing bait of corresponding rigidity;
- wherein said block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said fishing bait having greater resistant to tearing encountered during hook penetration followed by elongation to 200% as compared to a conventional plastisol polyvinyl chloride fishing bait of corresponding rigidity;
- wherein said block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a block copolymers of poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene);
- (II) a selected plasticizer being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom.
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s) and from
- (II) about 300 to about 1,600 parts by weight of a plasticizing oil;
- and in combination with or without
- (III) a selected amount of one or more polymers or copolymers of poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene), poly(styrene-butadiene)n, poly(styrene-isoprene-styrene)n, poly(styrene-isoprene)n, poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene)n, poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene)n, polystyrene, polybutylene, poly(ethylene-propylene), poly(ethylene-butylene), polypropylene, or polyethylene, wherein said selected copolymer is a linear, radial, star-shaped, branched or multiarm copolymer, wherein n is greater than one;
- wherein said (I) block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in combination with or without one or more selected polymers or copolymers;
- said second plasticizers being in effective amounts in combination with said first plasticizers for said gelatinous compositions to have a greater temperature compression set than a gelatinous composition having the same rigidity formed from said first plasticizers alone;
- said second plasticizers for said gelatinous compositions to have a greater temperature compression set than a gelatinous composition having the same rigidity formed from said first plasticizers alone or formed from a combination of said first plasticizers and said second plasticizers;
- wherein said block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in combination with or without one or more selected polymers or copolymers;
- said second plasticizers being in effective amounts in combination with said first plasticizers for said gelatinous compositions to have a greater temperature compression set than a gelatinous composition having the same rigidity formed from said first plasticizers alone;
- said second plasticizers for said gelatinous compositions to have a greater temperature compression set than a gelatinous composition having the same rigidity formed from said first plasticizers alone or formed from a combination of said first plasticizers and said second plasticizers;
- and
- said fishing bait being life like, soft, flexible, capable of exhibiting buoyancy in water;
- wherein said block copolymers is poly(styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene).
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a linear and radial triblock or multiblock copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in combination with or without one or more selected polymers or copolymers;
- said fishing bait being life like, soft, flexible, capable of exhibiting buoyancy in water, and having a elongation greater than 500%;
- said fishing bait being rupture resistant to dynamic stretching, shearing, resistant to ball-up during casting, resistant to tearing encountered during hook penetration, casting, and presentation;
- said fishing bait capable of exhibiting a success hook to catch ratio greater than 5, and
- said fishing bait having greater elongation, greater tear resistance, or greater fatigue resistance than a conventional plastisol polyvinyl chloride fishing bait of corresponding rigidity;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in testing exhibits knotty tears as opposed to smooth tears.
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a linear and radial triblock or multiblock copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition have a greater temperature compression heat set as determined for 1.0 hour at 50° C. in 180° U bend than a conventional plastisol polyvinyl chloride fishing bait of corresponding rigidity;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in testing exhibits knotty tears as opposed to smooth tears.
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A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a more of a linear and radial triblock or multiblock copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said fishing bait having greater resistant to tearing encountered during hook penetration followed by elongation to 200% as compared to a conventional plastisol polyvinyl chloride fishing bait of corresponding rigidity;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in testing exhibits knotty tears as opposed to smooth tears.
1 more element
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said fishing bait having greater resistant to tearing encountered during hook penetration followed by elongation to 500% as compared to a conventional plastisol polyvinyl chloride fishing bait of corresponding rigidity.
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a linear and radial triblock or multiblock copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said fishing bait having greater resistant to tearing encountered during hook penetration followed by elongation to 500% as compared to a conventional plastisol polyvinyl chloride fishing bait of corresponding rigidity;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in testing exhibits knotty tears as opposed to smooth tears.
1 more element
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said fishing bait having greater resistant to tearing encountered during hook penetration followed by elongation to 500% as compared to a conventional plastisol polyvinyl chloride fishing bait of corresponding rigidity.
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s) and from
- (II) about 300 to about 1,600 parts by weight of a plasticizing oil;
- and in combination with or without
- (III) a selected amount of poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene).
1 more element
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s) and from
- (II) about 300 to about 1,600 parts by weight of a plasticizing oil;
- and in combination with or without
- (III) a selected amount of poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene).
1 more element
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s) and from
- (II) about 300 to about 1,600 parts by weight of a plasticizing oil;
- and in combination with or without
- (III) a selected amount of poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene).
1 more element
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a linear and radial triblock or multi block copolymer(s) and from
- (II) about 300 to about 1,600 parts by weight of a plasticizing oil;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in testing exhibits knotty tears as opposed to smooth tears.
A fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from
- (I) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a linear and radial triblock or multiblock copolymer(s);
- (II) one or more first plasticizers with or without one or more second plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in combination with or without a fatty acid;
- said gelatinous elastomer composition in testing exhibits knotty tears as opposed to smooth tears.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.