Metered-dose underarm product and package
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJennifer Elaine Hilvert, Theresa Louise Johnson, Kenneth Michael Schroeder, Scott Edward Smith
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Abstract
An underarm product and a spray package having a metered-dose valve assembly. The underarm product is contained and pressurized inside of the package. The underarm product being in the form of a liquid or emulsion. The underarm product is an antiperspirant or a deodorant. The underarm product contains a solubilized and/or non-solubilized propellant.
Claims9
An underarm product and a spray package in combination, comprising:
- (a) an underarm product comprising a liquid or emulsion;
- (b) a spray package having a metered-dose valve assembly for dispensing the underarm product pressurized inside the spray package, wherein the metered-dose valve assembly is structured and configured such that a Dv(10) value of an average size of the particles in the lowest ten percent of the volume of the sprayed product is greater than 14.33 microns.
A method of increasing a spray particle size of an underarm product comprising a liquid or emulsion, the method comprising steps of
- (a) providing a spray package containing an underarm product comprising a liquid or emulsion pressurized inside the spray package, the spray package having a metered-dose valve assembly for dispensing the underarm product, wherein the metered-dose valve assembly is structured and configured such that a Dv(10) value of an average size of the particles in the lowest ten percent of the volume of the sprayed product is greater than 14.33 microns;
- (b) actuating the metered-dose valve to spray the underarm product having the Dv(10) value of the average size of the particles in the lowest ten percent of the volume of the sprayed product is greater than 14.33 microns.
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