Device and method for monitoring consumer test compliance
US8424721B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2203/10
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A packaged product and a method for monitoring usage in a consumer test is reported herein. The packaged product includes a bottle having a container body with an open end and a closed end, the open end being formed with a neck and a mouth at a terminus of the neck. A flowable material is held within the container body. A monitoring unit immersed at least partially within the flowable material includes: (1) at least one support rod, the rod contacting the neck thereby inhibiting movement of the monitoring unit; (2) a logger device to sense and record motion of the bottle, the device including a circuit board fitted with at least one computer chip; (3) a retention unit arranged on the support rod inhibiting travel of the logger device relative to the support rod. According to the method of the invention, compliance to a test protocol can be certified through records extracted from the logger unit after evaluation is completed by the consumer.
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