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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward W Woodhall, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ronald Swidler, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cal-West Equipment Company, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427156 ; 427154 ; 427300 ; 427353 ; 427272 ; 427282 ; 427259 ; 1061621 ; 1061622 ; 106-2 ; 524379 ; 524557 ;
Abstract
A vehicle masking material and method of use. The masking material in one embodiment includes a dextrin, a plasticizer, and water. The masking material may additionally include a surfactant. The masking material is applied to a surface which is to be protected from paint overspray or other coating processes, allowed to dry, and the surface is coated (e.g. with paint). After drying of the paint, or other coating, the masking material is removed by water washing.