In an action coordinated by ABAS and 30 other associates,
300,000 free aerosol hand sanitizers were delivered to hospitals
in Brazil during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The forecast for the entire Brazilian aerosol market is a decrease
of at least 12% in 2020, compared to 2019, ABAS projected.
Humanitarian action
As SPRAY goes to press, there are almost 207,200 deaths in Brazil
from COVID-19.
“This affects the population’s confidence in future prospects
very badly,” Almásy had said.
“While we were in quarantine, ABAS led a campaign to donate
free aerosol hand sanitizers with 70% alcohol for exclusive use in
public health hospitals,” he had continued.
A 150mL travel-sized sanitizer in an aluminum can and a
300mL spray sanitizer in a steel can (for a total of 300,000 units)
were produced for approximately $800,000 with the participation
of 31 companies and associates, including North American
companies Precision and Trivium Packaging.
“With this humanitarian action, ABAS obtained recognition
from the Brazilian government as an essential strategic sector to
Brazil’s public health,” Almásy had explained before he passed
away from the virus himself in late 2020.
The future of ABAS
ABAS intends to modernize for the digital age, as well as complete
the implementation of the consumer Reverse Logistics Program
and modernize the trade organization’s statute (originated
in 1963) for a future that expects Brazilian aerosol
product consumption to reach two billion by 2029. For
more on Almásy and his work, see p. 6. Spray
INVENTORS’ CIRCLE
Newest Patent Approvals
Child-resistant aerosol actuator
U.S. Patent No. 10,370,176
WD-40 Co.
WD-40 Co., San Diego, CA, patented a child-resistant aerosol actuator that includes a
shroud adapted to be situated on an aerosol container over the stem. It also has an actuation
member mounted on and moveable within the shroud to depress the stem by the
application of an external force applied to the top surface of the actuation member. The
actuation member includes a nozzle and a conduit to connect the stem and the nozzle.
A hood is normally positioned to block the actuation member from being moved to depress
the stem. A locking member normally intersects the path of movement of the hood to
lock the hood in its blocking position. The locking member has two sections, both of which
must be simultaneously moved to a position remote from the path of hood movement such
that the hood may be moved from its blocking position, allowing the actuation member to
be moved to depress the stem.
Personal care composition in a foam
U.S. Patent No. 10,426,713
The Procter & Gamble Co.
The Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH, patented a method to treat hair or skin with a creamy foam. The method comprises
dispensing a personal care composition from a mechanical foam dispenser as a dosage of foam, applying the dosage of foam to hair
or skin, and rinsing the dosage of foam from hair or skin. The dispenser can be either an aerosol container or a pump dispenser.
The personal hair composition contains a surfactant system that is substantially free of sulfate-based surfactants. The personal hair
composition has a viscosity of less than 60 cP and a lather volume greater than 77 cm.sup.3.