Consumer product kit, and a method of use therefor

• US 20020142935A1
• Filed: 10/24/2001
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Wouwer, Chris Van Den, Kamal, Mushtaq Hussain, Champelovier, Pierre Luc, Oubrahim, Youssef, Barron, Bradford Scott
• Application Number:
  US10/000,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20020142935A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 510/439
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/06 of a liquid involving electrolysis G01N27/26

Abstract

A kit provides improved use of a consumer product by including a consumer product composition and a hand-held conductivity meter calibrated to the consumer product composition. The hand-held conductivity meter has a user-perceivable indicator which is used to indicate when a consumer product solution formed with the cleaning composition has the appropriate concentration of cleaning composition. A method of use employs the hand-held conductivity meter to measure the conductivity of a consumer product solution.

Claims

1. A kit for providing improved cleaning comprising:

A. a consumer product composition; and

B. a hand-held conductivity meter calibrated to the consumer product composition, wherein the hand-held conductivity meter comprises a user-perceivable indicator;

2. The kit of claim 1, wherein the consumer product composition is a cleaning composition selected from the group consisting of a hard surface cleaning composition, a laundry detergent composition, a personal cleansing composition, a bleach composition, a fabric rinse composition, and a combination thereof.

3. The kit of claim 1, wherein the hand-held conductivity meter is a disposable hand-held conductivity meter.

4. The kit of claim 1, wherein the user-perceivable indicator comprises an acceptable concentration indicator.

5. The kit of claim 1, wherein the hand-held conductivity meter is further calibrated to local water hardness conditions and to water temperature.

6. The kit of claim 4, wherein the hand-held conductivity meter further comprises a low concentration indicator and a high concentration indicator.

7. A method for measuring the conductivity of a consumer product solution comprising the steps of:

A. providing a hand-held conductivity meter calibrated to a consumer product composition, wherein the hand-held conductivity meter comprises a user-perceivable indicator;

B. adding the consumer product composition to water to form a consumer product solution;

C. measuring the conductivity of the consumer product solution with the hand-held conductivity meter; and

D. reading the user-perceivable indicator.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the user-perceivable indicator comprises an acceptable concentration indicator and wherein the method further comprises adjusting the weight ratio of consumer product composition to water, where the adjusting step, the measuring step, and the reading step are repeated until the acceptable concentration indicator is activated.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the consumer product composition is a cleaning composition, and wherein the user-perceivable indicator comprises an acceptable concentration indicator, a low concentration indicator, and a high concentration indicator.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of calibrating the hand-held conductivity meter via the internet.