Removable protective coating

Claim 1

AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPRISING A METALLIC BODY HAVING A STRIPPABLE PROTECTIVE COATING THEREON, SAID STRIPPABLE PROTECTIVE COATING COMPRISING AN INNER CONTINUOUS FILM-FORMING RUBBERY RESINOUS LAYER OF A THICKNESS OF ABOUT 0.002 TO ABOUT 0.1 INCH AND HAVING LIMITED ADHESION TO SAID METALLIC BODY AT ROOM TEMPERATURES, SAID RUBBERY RESINOUS LAYER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF VINYL CHLORIDE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS, POLYSTRENES, POLYACRYLATES, POLYETHYLENES, BUTADIENE-ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMERS, BUTADIENE-STYRENE COPOLYMERS, RUBBER HYDROCHLORIDES AND CHLORINATED RUBBERS, AND AN OUTER LAYER OF A NORMALLY SOLID ASPHALTIC MATERIAL HAVING A MELTING POINT OF 140* F. TO 200* F. AND OF MATERIALLY GREATER THICKNESS THAN THAT OF THE INNER LAYER AND EFFECTIVE TO RESIST THE FORCES AND ELEMENTS TO WHICH SAID BODY IS NORMALLY SUBJECTED, SAID INNER LAYER BEING RESISTANT TO THE PENETRATION OF THE SUBSTANCES OF THE OUTER LAYER AND ANCHORING THE OUTER LAYER TO THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY, SAID PROTECTIVE COATING BEING CLEANLY STRIPPABLE FROM SAID BODY RESPONSIVE TO FORCE APPLIED FOR SUCH PURPOSED.