Patent ID: 7745560

Claim:
A method of using a lubricant for improving the gliding properties of sports equipment comprising: providing a lubricant for sports equipment, which comprises at least one modified silicone polymer, wherein the modified silicone polymer is at least one alkyl-modified silicone polymer which comprises at least one saturated or unsaturated, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon group having 16 to 18 carbon atoms, and/or at least one organofunctionalized silicone polymer which comprises at least one straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and applying said lubricant to the surface of the sports equipment wherein the lubricant contains: 70-98% by weight of one or a plurality of paraffin waxes and/or fluor waxes, 2-30% by weight of one or a plurality of modified silicone polymers.