Conopco, Inc.

Illuminage Beauty, Ltd.

Srinivasan S Krishnan

Gerd Schmieta

James Chi Wai Lo

Jamie Gordon Nichol

Kevin Richard Lozeau

Agnete Enga

Jamie Mark Nicholson

Ivan Exposito Sanchez

Xiaomin Yan

Tobias Christian Trumpp

Paul Katimbang

Chuk Shun Chan

Amir Ashkenazi

Jomer Lalo Delacruz

Thomas Gerard Parent

Marc Gregory Ticzon

Jonathan Garrett Winn

Peter Simpson

Jean-Marc Dessirier

A liquid dispenser has a bay surrounded by a shaped frame that is sized to receive a shaped refill inserted at an acute angle of 75 degrees or less in relation to the dispenser's lateral central axis. This unique arrangement is designed to maintain consistent quality of liquids dispensed by preventing the substitution of product refills having different shapes whose contents are of uncertain quality. Refills may be readily manufactured and at low cost. Mechanical and motorized dispensers with optional proximity detection of a user's hand may be used with the inventive dispenser and refill arrangement. Liquid or foam may be dispensed depending on the design of the dispenser pump.

Liquid dispenser with framed refill receiving bay

Dispenser

Cartridge

Sensor

The present invention relates to a device for evaluating condition on skin or hair. The device provides one extension supporting a hydration meter suitable for measuring hydration values in areas difficult to measure (e.g., skin in scalp area) and; a separate extension supporting a camera for capturing images of an area of skin or hair and transferring said image to computer. Data from these sources are evaluated and scored. The multiple data points are used to provide a highly targeted product best suited for each individual consumer.

Device for evaluating condition of skin or hair

A laser device for treating skin is provided which includes a handholdable housing; a laser member arranged within the housing emitting an output beam; a capacitance sensor arranged at the first end of the housing which includes a plate surrounding and defining a window through which the output beam exits, the plate having at least three segments with each flexibly movable in and out of a common plane, each of the segments being connected to an electrode, the electrodes operating to determine dielectric constants of a skin surface; a signal and control storage device communicating with the sensor comparing input signals of measured dielectric constant values to a stored standard dielectric constant value, and wherein emission of the output beam is activated to fire only when all of the at least three segments align in a plane and sense the stored standard dielectric constant value.

Handholdable laser device featuring sensor for eye safe activation

Holder for evaluation device used to measure skin hydration and capture images of skin or hair

Evaluation device to measure skin hydration and capture images of skin or hair

A packaged product and a method for monitoring usage in a consumer test is reported herein. The packaged product includes a bottle having a container body with an open end and a closed end, the open end being formed with a neck and a mouth at a terminus of the neck. A flowable material is held within the container body. A monitoring unit immersed at least partially within the flowable material includes: (1) at least one support rod, the rod contacting the neck thereby inhibiting movement of the monitoring unit; (2) a logger device to sense and record motion of the bottle, the device including a circuit board fitted with at least one computer chip; (3) a retention unit arranged on the support rod inhibiting travel of the logger device relative to the support rod. According to the method of the invention, compliance to a test protocol can be certified through records extracted from the logger unit after evaluation is completed by the consumer.

Device and method for monitoring consumer test compliance

Diagnostic device

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Stamford, CT, United States of America

Srinivasan S Krishnan