US 12,410,049 B2
Solvent-borne paints and stains tintable with water-only colorants
Mark W. Ellsworth, Crestwood, KY (US); Benita L. Bush, Lebanon Junction, KY (US); Alison M. Collignon, Santa Claus, IN (US); Jacob S. Donlon, Prospect, KY (US); and Mark R. Coward, Jeffersonville, IN (US)
Filed by SWIMC LLC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,958.
Application 17/585,958 is a continuation of application No. 17/187,363, filed on Feb. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,267,688.
Application 17/187,363 is a continuation of application No. 16/016,129, filed on Jun. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,934,151, issued on Mar. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/538,324, filed on Jul. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144620 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. C09D 7/63 (2018.01); B67D 3/00 (2006.01); C09D 7/20 (2018.01); C09D 7/45 (2018.01); C09D 17/00 (2006.01); C09D 163/00 (2006.01); C09D 167/00 (2006.01); C09D 175/00 (2006.01); C09D 175/06 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 3/0012 (2013.01) [B67D 3/0019 (2013.01); C09D 7/20 (2018.01); C09D 7/45 (2018.01); C09D 7/63 (2018.01); C09D 17/001 (2013.01); C09D 175/06 (2013.01); C09D 163/00 (2013.01); C09D 167/00 (2013.01); C09D 175/00 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tinted solvent-borne base paint or stain comprising:
one or more polymeric binders,
one or more pigments or dyes,
one or more vehicles or carriers,
at least one synergist, and
one or more water-only fluid colorants from an array of water-only fluid colorants, dispersed throughout the solvent-borne base paint or stain,
wherein the one or more water-only colorants provides a compatibly tinted base paint or stain, and
wherein the tinted solvent-borne base paint or stain exhibits at most a moderate dark rating in a Rub-Up Test when the tinted solvent-borne base paint or stain includes 4 oz of the one or more water-only fluid colorant and 2 oz of the at least one synergist in one gallon of the tinted solvent-borne base paint or stain.