Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces – auxiliary compositions – Cleaning compositions or processes of preparing – For cleaning a specific substrate or removing a specific...
Reexamination Certificate
2002-07-31
2003-08-05
Ogden, Necholus (Department: 1751)
Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions
Cleaning compositions or processes of preparing
For cleaning a specific substrate or removing a specific...
C510S203000, C510S205000, C510S206000, C510S208000, C510S211000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06602835
ABSTRACT:
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH STATEMENT
Not Applicable.
REFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX
Not Applicable.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a composition and method for cleaning, restoring and protecting different types of both internal and external surfaces found in most boats, automobiles and other vehicles.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The vast majority of automobiles, trucks, buses, vans and other vehicles, such as recreational vehicles, motor bikes and boats, include metal body panels whose exterior surfaces are coated with paint. Many such vehicles also include metal bumpers and/or trim usually plated with chrome or other bright, silvery metal. Many such vehicles also include additional body panels or parts made from vinyl, other plastics and fiberglass. The external surfaces may be embossed or molded with a pattern. Vehicles also include glass parts, such as light fixtures, mirrors and windows.
As a vehicle ages, the finish on the vehicle's external surfaces often becomes dull and unattractive. This is due to various causes including wind, weather, sunlight, scratching, rust, exudation of plasticizer from polymers, abrasion from dirt and/other materials, paint degradation through oxidation, and other physical and chemical reactions.
Many of these automobiles, trucks, buses and other vehicles on the road today also include various interior surfaces which also can become soiled, dull and unattractive. Such surfaces include leather, vinyl, colored plastic, windows and chrome. This is also due to various causes including sunlight, scratching abrasion from dirt and/other materials. Vehicles have many interior and exterior surfaces of a variety of materials.
Many products are available today for protecting external and internal automobile surfaces from these adverse effects. These products are referred to hereinafter as “auto finish-treating products”. Many of these products will also restore older finishes from a dull, weathered “look” to a like-new condition.
For example, conventional car waxes are often used to protect the attractive, bright, shiny appearance of new car paint finishes. Waxes will also restore paint finishes which have become dulled over time to a like-new condition. Typically, conventional car waxes contain a wax, such as carnauba wax, dissolved in an organic solvent or dispersed in water.
Products are also available for protecting and restoring auto finishes based on vinyl and other polymers. For example, various formulations based on silicone, i.e. liquid dimethylpolysiloxanes, are widely used for restoring and protecting vinyl and other plastic parts of automobiles, trucks, buses and so forth. Other products are also available for protecting external metal parts such as bumpers and trim.
Most automotive treatment products are use-specific in the sense that they can be used only on one type of surface. For example, although waxes are effective in protecting and restoring automobile paint finishes, they do not work well on most vinyl surfaces. This is because wax clogs the surface indentations creating the roughened surface appearance of the vinyl finish, which in turn detracts rather than enhances the surface appearance of the finish. Polishing agents in the wax only make the problem worse, since they are even more visible than the wax itself.
A common feature of practically all wax-containing auto finish-treating products is that they require significant rubbing and/or buffing to be effective. This is not only time-consuming but also requires significant physical effort. Accordingly, a need also exists for a new auto finish-treating product which can be applied very easily, by simply wiping or other application method, without the rubbing or buffing steps normally required with conventional wax-containing products.
In the same way, auto surface-treating products formulated for use on vinyl and other polymer-based parts are not effective on paint, glass, rubber or metal finishes, while products useful on paint finishes may not be effective on metal, rubber, vinyls or other plastic finishes. In addition, auto surface-treating products formulated for use on exterior polymer-based parts are not effective on surfaces found in the interior portion of an automobile, such as leather, colored plastic, chrome or glass surfaces. Likewise, products used to treat interior surfaces of automobiles, such as leather, are not effective on exterior automobile surfaces, such as paint or metal finishes.
In addition to being use-specific, the products do not clean the surfaces. Accordingly, there is a need for a new auto product which can be used to clean, restore and protect all types of finishes, including paint, metal, vinyl, colored plastics, leather, rubber, plastics, fiberglass, glass and other surfaces previously discussed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a novel composition and method for use of the composition in cleaning, protecting and restoring both the internal surfaces and the external surfaces of automobiles, trucks, buses, other on-road vehicles, recreational vehicles and boats. The term “vehicle” as used herein will encompass all on- and off-read vehicles and boats as discussed herein. The composition is a mixture of a wax in a water/organic solvent emulsion also containing silicone. In accordance with the invention, it has been found that this composition can be effectively applied by simple wiping without rubbing or buffing. In addition, it has been further found that this composition, when so applied, will restore the bright, shiny appearance of almost all types of external and internal automobile surfaces which have become dulled and unattractive over time, including paint, vinyl and other plastics, rubber, glass, leather and metal, and in addition will form protective coatings providing additional protection against further damage of these surfaces. When discussing external or internal surfaces, all possible surfaces used inside and outside vehicles are contemplated.
The method of use of the present invention provides simplicity to the time intensive task of cleaning, preserving and protecting interior and exterior surfaces of a motor vehicle. The novel composition need only be sprayed on the affected surfaces which are desired to be cleaned and protected. The composition is then wiped off with the use of a clean cloth or sponge. The surface is cleaned, restored and protected with one application.
Thus, the present invention provides a novel surface-cleaning and treating composition which is universal in its application in that it can be used on different surfaces, both inside and outside the automobile, including paint, metal, glass, rubber, leather, vinyl, and other plastics.
The inventive composition, therefore, can replace the up to six or more different products normally needed for cleaning, protecting and restoring all external surfaces on a modern automobile or other vehicle. Moreover, because the inventive composition need not be rubbed or buffed, it is far easier to use than conventional waxes whether or not containing added polishing agents.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Not applicable
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The invention is a cleaner, protectant and restorative composition that comprises micronized wax mixed in a water/organic solvent emulsion also containing silicone emulsified in the liquid phase and the method of using the composition. The composition can be used on the interior and exterior of vehicles to clean and restore the surfaces.
One of the components of the cleaner, protectant and restorative composition is a micronized wax. Wax usually refers to a substance that is a plastic solid at ambient temperature and becomes a low viscosity liquid upon being subjected to moderately elevated temperatures. Suitable waxes include any wax which undergoes a phase transition from opaque or substantially opaque to transparent or substantially transparent. In some embodiments, paraffin wax with at least 20 carbon atoms per molecule (hereinafter “C
20+
paraffin wax”) is used. C
20+
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Schmeida Michael
Sokol Brian
Jenkens & Gilchrist P.C.
Ogden Necholus
Pennzoil-Quaker State Company
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