Patent ID: 7473753

Claim:
An adhesive composition which is free of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymers, alkyl substituted benzenes and alkyl substituted naphthalenes and which comprises a mixture of: (a) at least one organic sulfoxide, sulfone, or sulfide, or a mixture of two or more thereof, wherein the sulfoxide, sulfone and sulfide are characterized by the formulae R 2 SO (I) R 2 SO 2 (II) and R 2 S (III) respectively wherein each R is independently an alkyl or an aryl group, and (b) at least one ketone, ether, ester, amide, carbonate, or a mixture of two or more thereof and (c) from about 1% to about 60% by weight at least one water insoluble polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated polyvinyl chloride, or a mixture of two or more thereof.