Patents by Inventor Clyde J. Patton

Clyde J. Patton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Decorative sheet material suitable for use as a flexible weatherable paint film or decal
    Patent number: 6096396
    Abstract: A flexible, weatherable, decorative sheet material useful as a paint film or decal comprising a pigmented fluoropolymer base coat layer overlying a substantially transparent fluoropolymer clear coat layer wherein the fluoropolymer composition of the base coat layer has a greater elongation than the fluoropolymer composition of the clear coat layer. The base coat and clear coat layer each comprise an alloy of a fluoropolymer composition and an acrylic polymer composition. The base coat layer comprises a fluoropolymer copolymer composition and the clear coat layer comprises of a fluoropolymer homopolymer composition. The fluoropolymer used in the base coat layer has a produced elongation at break of 300% or greater and the fluoropolymer composition used in the clear coat layer has a produced elongation at break of 50% to 250%. The clear coat and base coat layers are cast onto a polyester carrier sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Rexam Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Clyde J. Patton, Don O. Ocampo