Patent ID: 6622943
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: A45D,A61K,A61Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A hand-held spray dispenser comprising:(a) a container having an internal storage compartment; (b) a shaving preparation stored within said storage compartment comprising water, and a surface active agent selected from the group consisting of soap, interrupted soap, detergent, anionic surfactant, non-ionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, and combinations thereof; (c) a spray actuator in fluid communication with said storage compartment; and (d) propelling structure adapted to propel said shaving preparation from said storage compartment through said spray actuator, said propelling structure comprising a propellant included in said storage compartment with said shaving preparation; wherein said spray actuator and said propelling structure are adapted to spray said shaving preparation in the form of droplets to form a dispersed layer of said shaving preparation as a foam lather having a density of about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.25 g/cm3 on an area of mammalian skin without the need for hand spreading, and wherein said spray actuator is adapted to disperse said shaving preparation over an area having a width, measured at the widest point, of about 3 cm to about 25 cm when said spray actuator is held a distance of about 15 cm from said area of skin.