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US 9,309,445 B2Granted
Polymeric composition with intermixed color balloons
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsNoah Barlow Mass, Jim Antime Marleau, Richard E. Newton, Jessica Smith
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Abstract
According to one or more embodiments, a polymeric article includes a polymeric composition which in turn includes a volume of polymer intermixed with a number of color balloons, at least a portion of the number of color balloons each including a shell enclosing a colored agent.
Claims15
A polymeric article comprising:
- a polymeric composition including a volume of polymer intermixed with a number of color balloons, at least a portion of the number of color balloons each including a shell enclosing a colored agent;
- and
- one of a housing, a backing and a cover, and a skin layer, wherein the housing when employed is to enclose the polymeric composition such that the polymeric composition is dischargeable from the housing upon a force applied, wherein the backing and the cover when employed are to sandwich there between the polymeric composition, and wherein the skin layer when employed is to contact the polymeric composition, the skin layer being at least semi-transparent.
A method of amending a hole on a surface, comprising:
- overlaying the hole on the surface with a polymeric article, the polymeric article including a layer of a polymeric composition and a skin layer, the skin layer contacting the layer of polymeric composition and being at least semi-transparent, the layer of the polymeric composition being positioned between the surface and the skin layer, the polymeric composition including a volume of polymer intermixed with a number of color balloons, at least a portion of the number of color balloons each including a shell enclosing a colored agent;
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- applying pressure onto the skin layer to effect adhesion of the skin layer to the surface such that at least a portion of the colored agent is released from the shell into the volume of polymer to form a colored polymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.