Compound for improved traction
AssigneePi Extreme, Inc.
InventorsWesley E. Weinreich, Michael R. Applebee
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Abstract
The invention provides novel compounds that are non-adhesive and used to coat rubber surfaces for improved traction. An embodiment of the invention provides non-adhesive coating compositions that improve the traction of rubber surfaces. Another embodiment of the invention provides rubber surfaces with improved traction. Still another embodiment of the invention provides methods of improving the traction of rubber surfaces. The non-adhesive coating compositions comprise a terpene and/or an essential oil, a staying agent, and a cleaning carrier.
Claims20
A non-adhesive composition for enhancing traction of rubber surfaces comprising:
- a terpene and/or essential oil;
- a staying agent comprising one or more of castor oil, coconut oil, colza oil, rapeseed oil, canola oil, cottonseed oil, hemp oil, mustard oil, palm oil, peanut oil, radish oil, rice bran oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, tigernut oil, tung oil, corn oil, olive oil, and sesame oil;
- and
- a cleaning carrier comprising one or more of a lower alkanol and witch-hazel (Hamamelis);
- wherein the traction-enhancing composition is in a stable microemulsion containing less than about 0.5 wt. % adhesives.
A surface with improved traction comprising:
- a rubber surface coated with a composition comprising a terpene and/or an essential oil, a staying agent comprising one or more of castor oil, coconut oil, colza oil, rapeseed oil, canola oil, cottonseed oil, hemp oil, mustard oil, palm oil, peanut oil, radish oil, rice bran oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, tigernut oil, tung oil, corn oil, olive oil, and sesame oil, and a cleaning carrier comprising one or more of a lower alkanol and witch-hazel (Hamamelis);
- wherein the composition applied to the rubber surface is in a stable microemulsion substantially free of adhesives, wherein the surface has an improved traction of at least about 20% in comparison with the surface when it is not coated with the composition.
A method of enhancing the traction of a surface comprising:
- applying a rubber surface with a composition comprising a terpene and/or an essential oil, a staying agent comprising one or more of castor oil, coconut oil, colza oil, rapeseed oil, canola oil, cottonseed oil, hemp oil, mustard oil, palm oil, peanut oil, radish oil, rice bran oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, tigernut oil, tung oil, corn oil, olive oil, and sesame oil, and a cleaning carrier comprising one or more of a lower alkanol and witch-hazel (Hamamelis);
- wherein the composition is in a stable microemulsion and contains less than about 0.5 wt. % adhesives;
- drying the composition on the rubber surface;
- increasing traction of the rubber surface by at least about 20% in comparison with the rubber surface when it is not coated with the composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.