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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2000
Soonkun Kang, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Forrest J. Rouser, Stillwater, MN (US);
Susan K. Rowen, Hudson, WI (US);
Steven J. Martin, Shoreview, MN (US);
Michael S. Terrazas, Prescott, WI (US);
Scott G. Norquist, St. Paul, MN (US);
James L. Sadlo, Round Rock, TX (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A sporting goods article with a coating on a surface of the article for abrasion resistance and/or a high gloss appearance. The outer layer of the surface is a polymer, wood, metal, non-polymeric ink, non-polymeric colorant, non-polymeric dye, or a combination thereof The coating is a cured ceramer composition. The cured ceramer composition, in its simplest embodiment, is derived from a composition including inorganic oxide particles and a curable organic matrix, with the curable organic matrix including at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least one organofunctional silane monomer coupling agent.