Method of providing cushion coatings of skin surfaced foamed plastisol on articles and the coated articles produced

Claim 1

A METHOD OF APPLYING TO METALLIC MANUAL HANDLES A SPONGY CUSHION COATING HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY LIQUIDIMPERVIOUS SURFACE SKIN, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF APPLYING HEAT TO SUCH A METALLIC HANDLE TO ADJUST ITS TEMPERATURE AT A TIME OF DIPPING TO AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE BELOW THE TEPERATURE AT WHICH APPRECIABLE GAS IS RELEASED FROM A BLOWING AGENT INCORPOATED IN A PLASTISOL BATH IN WHICH SAID HANDLES ARE TO BE DIPPED, IMMERSING SAID PREHEATED ARTICLE HANDLE BY DIPPING IN A VISCOUS FLUID BATH OF A EXPANSIBLE PLACTICOL DISPERSION OF THERMOPLASTIC RESIN IN PLASTICIZER AND CONTAINING A BLOWING AGENT WHICH RELEASES A GAS UPON BEING HEATED TO A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE, THE TEMPERATURE OF SUCH PREHEATED HANDLE AT THE TIME OF DIPPING IT INTO THE PLASTISOL BATH BEING BELOW THE GASRELEASING TEMPERATURE, SUCH IMMERSION OF SAID PREHEATED METALLIC HANDLE IN THE PLASTICOL BATH BEING FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME WHICH PROVIDES A COATING OF THE UNEXPANED PLASTICOL OF DESIRED THICKNESS ON THE HANDLE, AND HEATING THE COATED HANDLE TO AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE WHICH RELEASES GAS FROM THE BLOWING AGENT THEREBY FOAMING THE PLASTICOL COATING, SAID HEATING TO FOAM THE PLASTISOL CURING THE SURFACE OF THE FOAMED PLASTICOL COATING TO A SUBSTANTIALLY LIQUID-IMPERVIOUS SKIN.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF APPLYING TO METALLIC MANUAL HANDLES A SPONGY CUSHION COATING HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY LIQUIDIMPERVIOUS SURFACE SKIN, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF APPLYING HEAT TO SUCH A METALLIC HANDLE TO ADJUST ITS TEMPERATURE AT A TIME OF DIPPING TO AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE BELOW THE TEPERATURE AT WHICH APPRECIABLE GAS IS RELEASED FROM A BLOWING AGENT INCORPOATED IN A PLASTISOL BATH IN WHICH SAID HANDLES ARE TO BE DIPPED, IMMERSING SAID PREHEATED ARTICLE HANDLE BY DIPPING IN A VISCOUS FLUID BATH OF A EXPANSIBLE PLACTICOL DISPERSION OF THERMOPLASTIC RESIN IN PLASTICIZER AND CONTAINING A BLOWING AGENT WHICH RELEASES A GAS UPON BEING HEATED TO A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE, THE TEMPERATURE OF SUCH PREHEATED HANDLE AT THE TIME OF DIPPING IT INTO THE PLASTISOL BATH BEING BELOW THE GASRELEASING TEMPERATURE, SUCH IMMERSION OF SAID PREHEATED METALLIC HANDLE IN THE PLASTICOL BATH BEING FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME WHICH PROVIDES A COATING OF THE UNEXPANED PLASTICOL OF DESIRED THICKNESS ON THE HANDLE, AND HEATING THE COATED HANDLE TO AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE WHICH RELEASES GAS FROM THE BLOWING AGENT THEREBY FOAMING THE PLASTICOL COATING, SAID HEATING TO FOAM THE PLASTISOL CURING THE SURFACE OF THE FOAMED PLASTICOL COATING TO A SUBSTANTIALLY LIQUID-IMPERVIOUS SKIN.