Patent ID: 8313833

Claim:
An article at least partially coated comprising at least one surface of the article at least partially coated with a superabsorbent polyacrylate polymer coating comprising: at least one water-soluble superabsorbent polyacrylate polymer precursor in aqueous solution, which cures, when the coating is applied to the at least one surface, to form a superabsorbent polyacrylate polymer; and a film forming binder in aqueous solution compatible with the superabsorbent polyacrylate polymer, the film forming binder is selected from the group consisting of polyesters, epoxies, acrylic latex, a styrene-butadiene latex, and mixtures therefore, wherein the superabsorbent polyacrylate polymer, when cured, absorbs from about 50 to about 400 times its initial dry weight of water when immersed in an aqueous environment.