Putty paint

• US 9,822,274 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Crayola LLC (Hallmark Cards Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Crayola LLC (Hallmark Cards Incorporated)
• Inventors: Smith, Linda J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Loewe, Robert S
• Application Number:
  US14/572,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20150166809A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,071 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 11/50 Sympathetic, colour changing or similar inks
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 5/26 Thermosensitive paints
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 7/41 Organic pigments; Organic dyes

Abstract

A putty paint compound for marking on a substrate, and a method and system of manufacturing a putty paint compound for marking on a substrate, are provided. In embodiments, the putty paint compound has a putty-like consistency that provides a delivery system for dye. In embodiments, a dye is dispersed into an elastic, pliable compound that maintains a putty-like form. When the compound is applied to a substrate having an activator, the dye dispersed in the compound creates a marking on the substrate that corresponds to the shape of the compound contacting the substrate. In further embodiments, the shape of the putty paint compound may be manipulated to provide a desired marking on a substrate, which may be altered by repeated or varied applications of one or more putty paint compounds.

Claims

1. A putty paint kit comprising:

a putty paint composition comprising an elastic compound and a dye, the dye dispersed in the elastic compound, the dye being activated and transferable only in the presence of an activator that is specific to the dye; and

a substrate having the activator that is specific to the dye,

wherein the putty paint compostion generates visible dye marks on the substrate having the activator that is specific to the dye, the visible dye marks generated by the dye activating in the presence of the activator and the putty paint composition transferring dye to the substrate at points of contact.

2. The putty paint kit of claim 1, wherein the putty paint composition further comprises a dye solution comprising:

a solubilizer and the dye,

wherein the putty paint composition further comprises the dye solution dispersed in the elastic compound.

3. The putty paint kit of claim 2, wherein the solubilizer is a silicone solubilizer oil.

4. The putty paint kit of claim 1, wherein the elastic compound is a pliable compound comprising silicone.

5. The putty paint kit of claim 1, wherein the elastic compound is one of a translucent elastic compound, an opaque elastic compound, or a pre-colored elastic compound.

6. The putty paint kit of claim 1, wherein the putty paint composition is configured to change a color on the substrate from a first color to a second color once the putty paint composition reaches a minimum temperature, wherein the dye in the putty paint composition reacts with the activator only when the dye is at or above the minimum temperature.

7. The putty paint kit of claim 6, wherein the putty paint composition reaches the minimum temperature based on manual manipulation by a user.

8. The putty paint kit of claim 6, wherein the putty paint composition further changes the color on the substrate from a third color to a fourth color based on an increased contact time between the putty paint composition and the substrate.

9. The putty paint kit of claim 8, wherein the first color and the third color are the same color, and the second color and the fourth color are different colors.

10. The putty paint composition of claim 6, wherein an amount of change from the first color to the second color corresponds to an amount of time that the putty compound is applied to the surface.

11. The putty paint composition of claim 6, wherein the putty compound is translucent, wherein the change from the first color to the second color may be viewed through the translucent putty compound.

12. A putty paint kit comprising:

at least one elastic compound;

at least one dye having a first component that reacts with a corresponding substrate comprising an activator, wherein upon dispersal of the at least one dye into the at least one elastic compound, the elastic compound is configured to mark on a markable surface comprising the corresponding substrate having a coating of the activator;

at least one markable surface comprising;

a substrate corresponding to the at least one dye; and

an activator coating disposed on the substrate that is responsive to the corresponding dye, wherein the at least one markable surface is initially a first color before contact with the corresponding dye dispersed in the at one elastic compound, and wherein at least a portion of the at least one markable surface is changed to a second color upon contact with the corresponding dye dispersed in the elastic compound, wherein a marking of the second color is generated on the at least one markable surface that corresponds to a surface shape of a portion of the at least one elastic compound contacting the substrate and a location of the activator.