Patent ID: 7195799

Claim:
A method for increasing traction of an article of manufacture on a surface comprising obtaining a composition comprising a silicate polymer of the formula: wherein, X is an SiR 3 group, an H group, a CH 3 group, C 2 H 5 group, an n-alkyl group, a branched alkyl group, an iso-alkyl group, a polymer, a copolymer, a copolymer bonded to a rubber polymer, a rubber polymer, or an alkyl group substituted with an alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an epoxy group, an amine group, an alkene, an alkyne, an arene, and a heteroatom or a group of heteroatoms; R is H, CH 3 , C 2 H 5 , O—SiR′ 3 , n-alkyl, branched alkyl, iso-alkyl, alkene, alkyne, an alkyl, alkene, alkyne or an arene group; R′ is a polymer; Z is an H group, a CH 3 group, a C 2 H 5 group, a vinyl group, an n-alkyl group, a branched alkyl group, an iso-alkyl group, or an alkyl group substituted with an additional group; n is an integer from 1 to 40,000; and attaching the composition to the article of manufacture, wherein the composition increases traction of the article of manufacture on the surface.