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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2006
Nicholas L. Pivonka, Dublin, CA (US);
Daniel Aaron Huitt, Esparto, CA (US);
Laura Itzkowitz, Oakland, CA (US);
Tami O'connell, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jodi Lynn Russell, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Agnete Enga, Brooklyn, NY (US);
John Kiechel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nasahn Sheppard, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Nicholas L. Pivonka, Dublin, CA (US);
Daniel Aaron Huitt, Esparto, CA (US);
Laura Itzkowitz, Oakland, CA (US);
Tami O'Connell, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jodi Lynn Russell, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Agnete Enga, Brooklyn, NY (US);
John Kiechel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nasahn Sheppard, Mill Valley, CA (US);
The Clorox Company, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.