Gelatinous elastomer compositions and articles for use as fishing bait

• US 20020188057A1
• Filed: 07/20/2002
• Published: 12/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1994
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Applied Elastomerics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: John Y. Chen
• Inventors: Chen, John Y.
• Granted Patent: US 7,134,236 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 524/575
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 85/00 Artificial bait for fishing
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/02 Organic macromolecular compounds, natural resins, waxes or and bituminous materials
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/24 Graft or block copolymers according to groups C08L51/00, C08L53/00 or C08L55/02; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 51/00 Compositions of graft polymers in which the grafted component is obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds for ABS polymers C08L55/02; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 53/00 Compositions of block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 53/02 of vinyl-aromatic monomers and conjugated dienes
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 53/025 modified

Abstract

A soft gelatinous elastomer composition and article useful as fishing bait formed from one or a mixture of two or more of a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 800 gram Bloom

Claims

1. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) block copolymer(s);

(II) a selected plasticizer being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 800 gram Bloom.

2. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 800 gram Bloom;

wherein said block copolymers is a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene).

3. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 800 gram Bloom;

wherein said block copolymers is a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) and a source of said block copolymers being Kraton®

1651 and Kraton®

1654.

4. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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), 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-butylene-styrene).

5. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 800 gram Bloom;

said gelatinous elastomer composition in combination with or without a fatty amide;

wherein said block copolymers is a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene).

6. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene).

7. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene).

8. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene).

9. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene).

10. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene).

11. 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene);

(II) a selected plasticizer being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 800 gram Bloom; and

a source of said block copolymers being Kraton®

1651.

12. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), and a source of said (I) block copolymers being Kraton®

1651 and Kraton®

1654.

13. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), and a source of said block copolymers being Kraton®

1651 and Kraton®

1654.

14. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), and a source of said block copolymers being Kraton®

1651 and Kraton®

1654.

15. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), and a source of said block copolymers being Kraton®

1651 and Kraton®

1654.

16. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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 a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), and a source of said block copolymers being Kraton®

1651 and Kraton®

1654.

17. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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; and

a source of said block copolymers being S Kraton®

1651 and Kraton®

1654.

18. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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; and

a source of said block copolymers being Kraton®

1651.

19. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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;

wherein said block copolymers is a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), and a source of said block copolymers being Kraton®

1654.

20. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 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; and

a source of said block copolymers being Kraton®

1651.

21. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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); and

a source of said (I) block copolymers being Septon®

4055 and a source of said poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene) being Kraton®

1101.

22. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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); and

a source of said (I) block copolymers being Kraton®

1651, Kraton®

1654 and a source of said poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene) being Kraton®

1133.

23. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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); and

a source of said (I) block copolymers being Kraton®

1651 and a source of said poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene) being Kraton®

1184, Kraton®

4158, Kraton®

4150, and Kraton®

1144.

24. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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); and

a source of said (I) block copolymers being Kraton®

1651 and a source of said poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene) being Kraton®

1650, and Kraton®

1144.

25. 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 poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) 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 800 gram Bloom;

said gelatinous elastomer composition in combination with or without a fatty amide;

wherein said block copolymers is a poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), and a source of said block copolymers being.