Patent ID: 7789956

Claim:
A bituminous composition, comprising: (a) solvent-free, oil-in-water bitumen emulsion in an amount from about 2% to about 10% by total weight of the bituminous composition, wherein the oil-in-water bitumen emulsion comprises: (i) bitumen in an amount from about 50% to about 75% by total weight of the bitumen emulsion, (ii) at least one active emulsifier in an amount from about 0.05% to about 2.0% by total weight of the bitumen emulsion, and (iii) water in an amount to complete the emulsion; and (b) aggregate in an amount from about 90% to about 98% by total weight of the bituminous composition; and wherein the bituminous composition is in an absence of bitumen having a penetration number of more than 220 dmm as determined according to an ASTM standard method D5 at 25° C.