Patent ID: 8092866

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a thermochromatic pigment covered article, comprising: mixing an encapsulated thermochromatic pigment with a wetting or dispersion agent and a first resin to form a pigment mixture; adding an anti-sag additive and/or a solvent to the pigment mixture and mixing them together; preparing a resin base mixture comprising a mixture of the first resin and a second resin that is different from the first resin, a durability additive and/or anti-sag additive, and a crosslinker mixture; adding the resin base mixture to the pigment mixture and mixing them together so that the thermochromatic pigment is dispersed therein and protected and to prevent the thermochromatic pigment from separating from the first resin and to keep it dispersed therein; and applying the combined pigment mixture and resin base mixture to an article in a single layer by spraying, a waterfall method or dipping.