Glass grip

A friction anti-slip material which may be coated to the patterned surface of a organic or inorganic material or substrate which permits the visual observation of such pattern. A first and/or second coating of transparent binder adherently bond a multitude of minute transparent post consumer glass particles uniformly dispersed over the upper surface of a substrate or organic or inorganic material that is directly applied or attached to a pressure sensitive adhesive. The glass particles may be glass spheres or fragments obtained by fracturing larger particles of glass. This present invention is particularly suited for applying to the surface of skateboards, particularly those which have ornamental surfaces which the owner desire not to obscure

The present invention is a friction material which is capable of being directly coated or adhesively attached to the surface of a substrate such as the foot-bearing surface of a skate board which may contain thereon a surface decoration without significantly obscuring the decoration, when attached or directly coated. The friction material of the present invention comprises a multitude of glass particles screened no larger than twenty mesh grit and no smaller than eighty mesh grit. While the friction material has been suggested for use on skate boards, it is intended for use on any other substrate to which it may be applied, whether or not the transparency feature would be a benefit. Examples of use situations where the transparency would be a benefit where the friction surface of the present invention may be used include painted surfaces where the user does not want to obscure the painted surface being coated, for example on the tip portion of a fender of a boat trailer, where that portion is used to step onto the trailer, on diving boards, surf boards, and the like.