Liquid fabric wall cover

Claim 1

A COMPOSITION FOR APPLICATION TO A SURFACE WITH A ROLLER TO PRODUCE A FABRIC-LIKE SURFACE COATING, SAID COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS BLENDED TOGETHER IN RELATIVE AMOUNTS EFFECTIVE TO PERMIT SUBSTANTIALLY EVEN SPREADING THEREOF OVER THE SURFACE BY A HAND-OPERATED PAINT ROLLER, RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF SAID COMPONENTS BEING SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING RELATIVE PROPORTIONS: FIBROUS TEXTILE MASS 1-2 LBS. HAVING A VOLUME OF .0750.24 CUBIC FEET, SAID THICKENING WATER, AGENT BEING 5-20% BY WEIGHT THEREOF SOLUBLE OR SWELLABLE THICKENING AGENT LATEX ADHESIVE 50-400 GRAMS (100% SOLIDS BASIS) WATER 3.7-4.7QUARTS WHEREIN THE MAJORITY OF THE FIBERS IN SAID TEXTILE MASS ARE ABOUT 1-3 MM. IN LENGTH AND HAVE A FLOCCULENT APPEARANCE, AND A MINORITY OF THE FIBERS IN SAID TEXTILE MASS ARE ONE-FOURTH TO THREE-FOURTHS INCHES IN LENGTH, FURTHER PROVIDED THAT ALL FIBERS IN SAID MASS ARE NOT MORE THAN THREE-FOURTHS INCHES IN LENGTH, SAID THICKENING AGENT BEING SELECTED FROM WATER SOLUBLE, HYDROPHILIC, COLLOIDAL CELLULOSE AND NATURAL GUMS, ALBUMIN AND COLLOIDAL SILICA AND SAID LATEX ADHESIVE BEING SELECTED FROM STRENE-BUTADIENE, POLYSTRENE, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE, POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE, POLYVINYL ALCOHOL, POLYVINYL URETHANE, COPOLYMERS OF METHYLMETHACRYLATE AND ETHYLMETHACRYLATE LATEXES.

Claim 10

A method for applying a decorative fabric-like coating to a preselected surface comprising: blending a fibrous textile mass, water, and a binder and an adhesive for forming a cohesive layer of said fibrous textile mass and adhering it to said preselected surface, said textile mass, binder, adhesive, and water being in relative amounts for forming a viscous mache thereof having a cone penetration range of 250-320 penetration reading (millimeters penetration) as per ASTM D217-68, and spreading said viscous mache over said preselected surface with a hand-operated roller to form a decorative coating thereon.

Claim 11

A method for applying a decorative fabric-like coating to a preselected surface comprising: blending a fibrous textile mass, water, and a binder and an adhesive for forming a cohesive layer of said fibrous textile mass and adhering it to said preselected surface, said textile mass, binder, adhesive, and water being in relative amounts for forming a viscous mache thereof having a cone penetration range of 250-320 penetration reading (millimeters penetration) as per ASTM D217-68, and spreading said viscous mache over said preselected surface with a hand-operated roller to form a decorative coating thereon.