Patent ID: 7008980

Claim:
A waterborne coating composition consisting essentially of dispersed polyurethane resin particles, dispersed epoxy resin particles, dispersed polyvinyl chloride resin particles, and a component selected from the group consisting of at least one curing agent, at least one aminoplast, at least one flatting agent, polymeric particles, colored particles, hard particles having a hardness of at least 6 on the Mohs scale, at least one surfactant, at least one rheology modifier, at least one defoamer, at least one coalescing aid and combinations thereof, wherein the composition is an aqueous dispersion and, in addition to hydrogen atoms and chlorine atoms, the moieties pendant from the polyvinyl backbone of the polyvinyl chloride resin consist of ester pendant groups selected from the group consisting of an alkyl ester, a carboxylic acid-containing ester and combinations thereof.