ANTI-SLIP SURFACED ARTICLE

• US 3,676,208 A
• Filed: 02/14/1969
• Issued: 07/11/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ivan E. Griffin
• Original Assignee: Ivan E. Griffin
• Inventors: Griffin, Ivan E.
• Application Number:
  US04/799,483
• Time in Patent Office: 1,243 Days
• US Class Current: 428/149
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 11/14 Anti-skid inserts, e.g. vulcanised into the tread band
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/54 Inorganic substances
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 163/00 Coating compositions based on epoxy resins; Coating compositions based on derivatives of epoxy resins
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24421 Silicon containing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/252 Glass or ceramic [i.e., fired or glazed clay, cement, etc.] [porcelain, quartz, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/263 Coating layer not in excess of 5 mils thick or equivalent

Abstract

AN ARTICLE HAVING AN ANTI-SLIP SURFACE IN THE FORM OF A HARDENED FILM HAVING INDIVIDUAL ANTI-SKID ISLANDS RAISED ABOVE THE SUPERFICIAL SURFACE OF THE FILM. THE ISLANDS ARE FORMED OF ONE OR MORE SMOOTH-SURFACED, SOLID SPHERES, SUCH AS GLASS BEADS, OF DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE FILM, THE SPHERES BEING BOTTOMED ON THE ARTICLE AND FIRMLY ANCHORED, BUT NOT COVERED BY THE SURROUNDING PORTIONS OF THE FILM.

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