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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2001
Kenneth Paul Manzari, West Haven, CT (US);
Walter Anthony Biercevicz, Prospect, CT (US);
Walter Stoeckman, Mahopac, NY (US);
Peter Anthony Divone, Sr., Bardonia, NY (US);
Christy A. Bridges, Fairfield, CT (US);
Kevin Keating, Darien, CT (US);
Robert Avena, New York, NY (US);
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is described for providing a customized, personal care product to a consumer at a location, typically the point of sale, that is remote from a second location in which a personal care product base composition is prepared. A selection of customizing agents of different classes with a common vehicle is made available to the consumer for custom formulation of a personal care product with the desired attributes. The apparatus typically includes a plurality of product base dispensers, a plurality of fragrance dispensers, and a plurality of customizing agent dispensers that may contain benefit agents, botanical extracts, active ingredients for skin and hair, and the like. A blank vehicle is substituted if insufficient customizing agents are selected. Efficient mixing mechanisms are also described.