# US 7,745,560 B2 · Lubricant for sports equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,745,560 B2 - Document ID: US7745560B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/573,674 - Filed: 2005-08-10 - Published: 2007-09-27 - Granted: 2010-06-29 - Earliest claimed: 2004-08-13 - Assignees: Holmenkol AG - Inventors: Markus Schütz; Holger Bender; Florian Felix - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7745560B2 ## CPC - C10M 107/50: containing silicon - C09G 3/00: Ski waxes - C10M 169/041: {the additives being macromolecular compounds only} - C10M 2229/04: Siloxanes with specific structure - C10M 2229/0405: used as base material - C10M 2229/041: containing aliphatic substituents - C10M 2229/0415: used as base material - C10M 2229/042: containing aromatic substituents - C10M 2229/0425: used as base material - C10M 2229/051: containing halogen - C10M 2229/0515: used as base material - C10M: LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS (well drilling compositions C09K8/02); USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATING INGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION (mould release, i.e. separating, agents for metals B22C3/00, for plastics or substances in a plastic state, in general B29C33/56, for glass C03B40/02; textile lubricating compositions D06M11/00, D06M13/00, D06M15/00; immersion oils for microscopy G02B21/33) - C09G: POLISHING COMPOSITIONS (French polish C09F11/00); SKI WAXES ## Abstract The invention relates to modified silicone polymers for improving the gliding properties of sports equipment, to compositions containing the same, and to their use for this purpose. The silicone polymers are, above all, alkyl-modified silicone polymers which comprise at least one hydrocarbon group having 16 to 18 carbon atoms, and/or organofunctionalized silicone polymers which comprise at least one functionalized hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of using a lubricant for improving the gliding properties of sports equipment comprising: providing a lubricant for sports equipment, which comprises at least one modified silicone polymer, wherein the modified silicone polymer is at least one alkyl-modified silicone polymer which comprises at least one saturated or unsaturated, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon group having 16 to 18 carbon atoms, and/or at least one organofunctionalized silicone polymer which comprises at least one straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and applying said lubricant to the surface of the sports equipment wherein the lubricant contains: 70-98% by weight of one or a plurality of paraffin waxes and/or fluor waxes, 2-30% by weight of one or a plurality of modified silicone polymers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein the modified silicone polymers are selected among the following compounds of formula (I): wherein: the groups R, which are identical or different, are straight-chained or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or phenyl groups; the groups R′, which are identical or different, are hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl, vinyl or hydroxyl; the group X is an alkyl group having 16 to 18 carbon atoms, or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; m is 0 or an integer from 1 to 50; n is an integer from 1 to 20. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein the organofunctionalized silicone polymer is a copolymer of trifluoropropylmethyl/dimethylsiloxane. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein the lubricant further comprises solvents. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) Method according to claim 4 for improving the gliding properties of sports equipment in water, wherein the sports equipment is selected from the group consisting of boats, surfboards, water skis and swim wear. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) Method according to claim 5, wherein the lubricant comprises a solvent (a viscosity modifier), which is selected from silicon oils. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) Method according to claim 6, wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of cyclopentasiloxane and cyclomethicone. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1 for improving the gliding properties of winter sports equipment on snow, the lubricant being applied to the not pretreated sole of a winter sports article or to the sole of a winter sports article which has been pretreated with a further lubricantor the lubricant being applied in a mixture with a further lubricant to the sole of a winter sports article. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) Method according to claim 1, wherein the lubricant further comprises one or more viscosity modifiers. ### Claim 10 A method of using a lubricant for improving the gliding properties of sports equipment comprising: providing a lubricant for sports equipment, which comprises at least one modified silicone polymer, wherein the modified silicone polymer is at least one alkyl-modified silicone polymer which comprises at least one saturated or unsaturated, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon group having 16 to 18 carbon atoms, and/or at least one organofunctionalized silicone polymer which comprises at least one straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and applying said lubricant to the surface of the sports equipment, wherein the lubricant contains: 80-99% by weight of one or a plurality of solvents, 1-20% by weight of one or a plurality of modified silicone polymers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) Method according to claim 10, wherein the modified silicone polymers are selected among the following compounds of formula (I): wherein: the groups R, which are identical or different, are straight-chained or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or phenyl groups; the groups R′, which are identical or different, are hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl, vinyl or hydroxyl; the group X is an alkyl group having 16 to 18 carbon atoms, or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; m is 0 or an integer from 1 to 50; n is an integer from 1 to 20. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) Method according to claim 10, wherein the organofunctionalized silicone polymer is a copolymer of trifluoropropylmethyl/dimethylsiloxane. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) Method according to claim 10, wherein the lubricant further comprises conventional paraffin waxes. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) Method according to claim 13 for improving the gliding properties of sports equipment in water, wherein the sports equipment is selected from the group consisting of boats, surfboards, water skis and swim wear. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) Method according to claim 10 for improving the gliding properties of winter sports equipment on snow, the lubricant being applied to the not pretreated sole of a winter sports article or to the sole of a winter sports article which has been pretreated with a further lubricantor the lubricant being applied in a mixture with a further lubricant to the sole of a winter sports article. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) Method according to claim 15, wherein the lubricant comprises a solvent (a viscosity modifier), which is selected from silicon oils. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) Method according to claim 10, wherein the lubricant further comprises one or more viscosity modifiers.