COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING SURFACES

• Main Authors: THUEMMLER, KARL EDWARD, CARTER, JOHN DAVID, MCDONALD, MICHAEL RAY, SCHMIDT, MATTIAS, BURCKETT ST. LAURENT, JAMES CHARLES THEOPHILE ROGER, LIDDLE, HEATHER ANNE, PONOMARENKO, EKATERINA ANATOLYEVNA, CRAMER, RONALD DEAN, JORDAN, GLENN THOMAS IV, ROHRBAUGH, ROBERT HENRY, GOSSELINK, EUGENE PAUL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.05.2009
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DYEING LEATHER, FURS, OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES INANY FORM; DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FILLING PASTES; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; INKS; LAUNDERING; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; POLISHES; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS,FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; WOODSTAINS

Coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture comprising a nanoparticle system employing same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of soft surfaces, and in some cases, hard surfaces, are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanoparticles in a suitable carrier medium allows for the creation of coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture that create multi-use benefits to the modified surfaces. Thes e surface modifications can produce long lasting or semi-permanent multi-use benefits that, in some embodiments, may include at least one of the followin g improved surface properties: cleaning, wettability, liquid strike-through, comfort, stain resistance, soil removal, malodor control, modification of surface friction, reduced damage to abrasion and color enhancement, relative to the surfaces unmodified with such nanoparticle systems.