Vinyl acetate-alpha olefin copolymer compositions

Claim 2

A copolymer consisting of about 65 to 95 percent by weight vinyl acetate copolymerized with about 3 to 18 percent by weight of C7 to c20 straight chain alpha olefin and about 0.1 to 25 percent by weight of at least a third unlike copolymerizable olefinically unsaturated monomer,said third unlike monomer being selected from the group consisting of styrene, acrylic acid, fumaric acid, acrylamide, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexylacrylate, mono-2-ethylhexyl maleate, dibutyl maleate, triallyl cyanurate, diethyleneglycoldiacrylate, trimethylolpropanetriacrylate, 1,4-pentadiene, 1,7-octadiene, and a vinyl ester of a saturated tertiary alkyl carboxylic acid.

Claim 3

A copolymer consisting of a C7 to C20 straight chain alpha olefin copolymerized with a predominant amount of vinyl acetate and at least a third unlike monomer which is selected from the group consisting of triallyl cyanurate, diethyleneglycoldiacrylate, trimethylolpropanetriacrylate, 1,7-octadiene and 1,4-pentadiene, said olefin being present in an amount of about 1 to 20 percent by weight and said third monomer being present in an amount of less than 1 percent by weight.

Claim 4

A latex coating composition comprising water and dispersed therein a film-forming amount of a polymeric component said component consisting of 50 to about 97 percent by weight vinyl acetate copolymerized with about 1 to 20 percent by weight of C7 to C20 straight chain alpha olefin and about 0.1 to 30 percent by weight of at least a third unlike copolymerizable olefinically unsaturated monomer, said third unlike monomer being selected from the group consisting of monovinyl aromatic hydrocarbons; alpha, beta-olefinically unsaturated nitriles; mono-olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids; alkyl, cyano, and amino esters of mono-olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids; amides of acrylic acid; vinyl esters of carboxylic acids; vinyl ethers; vinyl halides; and cross-linking monomers selected from the group consisting of triallyl cyanurate, diethyleneglycoldiacrylate, trimethylolpropanetriacrylate, 1,4-pentadiene and 1,7-octadiene.

Claim 5

The composition of claim 5 wherein the amount of said vinyl acetate present ranges from about 65 to 95 percent by weight, the amount of said olefin present ranges from about 3 to 18 percent by weight and the amount of said third monomer ranges from about 0.1 to 25 percent by weight.

Claim 6

A latex coating composition comprising water and dispersed therein a film-forming amount of a polymeric component, said component consisting of 50 to about 97 percent by weight vinyl acetate copolymerized with about 1 to 20 percent by weight of C7 to C20 straight chain alpha olefin and about 0.1 to 30 percent by weight of at least a third unlike copolymerizable olefinically unsaturated monomer.

Claim 7

The coating composition of claim 7 wherein said alpha olefin comprises a C9 to C10 alpha olefin fraction.

Claim 8

The composition of claim 7 wherein said third monomer is a cross-linking monomer containing a plurality of olefinically unsaturated groups of methylol groups and is present in an amount of less than 1 percent by weight.

Claim 9

The composition of claim 5 wherein said third unlike monomer is selected from the group consisting of styrene, acrylic acid, fumaric acid, acrylamide, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexylacrylate, mono-2-ethylhexyl maleate, dibutyl maleate, triallyl cyanurate, diethyleneglycoldiacrylate, trimethylolpropanetriacrylate, 1,4-pentadiene, 1,7-octadiene, and a vinyl ester of a saturated tertiary alkyl carboxylic acid.

Claim 10

A latex coating composition comprising water and dispersed therein pigment and a film-forming amount of a polymeric component, said polymeric component consisting of about 65 to 95 percent by weight vinyl acetate copolymerized with about 3 to 18 percent by weight of C7 to C20 straight chain alpha olefin and about 0.1 to 25 percent by weight of at least a third unlike copolymerizable olefinically unsaturated monomer.

Claim 11

An aqueous latex paint composition comprising water and dispersed therein pigment and a film-forming amount of a polymeric component, said polymeric component consisting of about 50 to 97 percent by weight vinyl acetate copolymerized with about 1 to 20 percent by weight of C7 to C20 straight chain alpha olefin and about 0.1 to 30 percent by weight of at least a third unlike copolymerizable olefinically unsaturated monomer, said pigment being present in an amount of about 10 to 70 percent by volume, based on the total volume of non-volatile materials in the paint composition.

Claim 12

The paint composition of claim 12 wherein said third unlike monomer is selected from the group consisting of styrene, acrylic acid, fumaric acid, acrylamide, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexylacrylate, mono-2-ethylhexyl maleate, dibutyl maleate, triallyl cyanurate, diethyleneglycoldiacrylate, trimethylolpropanetriacrylate, 1,4-pentadiene, 1,7-octadiene, and a vinyl ester of a saturated tertiary alkyl carboxylic acid.