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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Sandra Anne Fawcett, Southport, GB;
Geraldine Griffith, Chester, GB;
Sophia Paraskevi Clare Moghadam (nee Papapavlou), Bromborough, GB;
Claire Louise Richards, Wrexham, GB;
Assignee:
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01); G01N 19/02 (2006.01); G01N 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 (2013.01); G01N 1/28 (2013.01); G01N 19/02 (2013.01); G01N 3/14 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0089 (2013.01); G01N 2203/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for assessing the state of hair by releasably engaging a first end of hair fibers with a holder which so that an opposite, second end of said hair fibers hangs free and applying sufficient force to the second end of the hair fibers such that the hair fibers at the first end are pulled from the holder.