Plasticized polymers of vinyl acetate

Claim 1

A composition comprising a vinyl acetate homopolymer or copolymer, made up of at least 55% of a vinyl acetate monomer and the remainder being one or more ethylenically unsaturated non-halogenated comonomers, and from 10 to 100% by weight based on the weight of the polymer of a polyester having a molecular weight from 350 to 1500 derived from the reaction of an acid or anhydride selected from succinic, glutaric or adipic acid or anhydride, or any mixture thereof, a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of from 175 to 225 and an aliphatic alcohol containing from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, said glycol and alcohol being reacted with the acid or anhydride in the theoretical amounts necessary to effect the reaction with the proviso that the glycol may be reacted with the acid or anhydride in amounts ranging from 0-10 mol % below the theoretical amount necessary to effect the reaction to up to 20% in excess of the theoretical amount and the alcohol may be reacted with the acid or anhydride in amounts ranging from 0 to 50 mol % below the theoretical amount to up to 20 mol % in excess of the theoretical amount needed to produce the final product.