Child-Restraint Spray-Bottle for Household Cleaning Products
When it comes to the safety of our children, innovation never stops. There have been many improvements to the safety of devices and receptacles that can be toxic or life threatening if consumed or exposed to skin. A team of researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have incorporated this desire for security into a common household product: the spray bottle. Often filled with harmful chemicals, spray bottles remain one of the leading causes of chemical exposure injuries in children. The team at NCH has developed a “two-step authentication” spray nozzle that requires the dexterity beyond that of a small child. This dual trigger approach requires a full grip that prevents kids from accessing the contents of the spray bottle, while remaining easily usable by adults and seniors.
Benefits and Applications:
Inventors anticipate that incorporating this product into households will result in a decline in child injury due to accidental activation of spray bottles.
- Safety spray bottle can be developed for individual sale or for modification of current household cleaning spray bottles.
- Top half of the safety spray bottle (containing two-trigger system) is a universal size that can replace the trigger system of commercially available household cleaning products.
- This technology will set a gold standard for child-safe spray bottles.
- Recent market research predicts that the global baby and child-proofing products market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.96% from 2016 – 2020 (November 2016, Sandler Research).
Stage of Development:
- 3D proof of concept and prototypes developed.
- Preliminary testing revealed that children were unable to operate our spray bottle independently even after being shown how to do it.
- We are currently seeking collaborative opportunities for further development.
Patents
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Patent #
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8,757,447
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Improved Spray Device
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United States of America
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8,757,447
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Improved Spray Device
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United States of America
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D685,268
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Spray Device
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United States of America
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D685,268
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Spray Device
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United States of America
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9,108,213
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Improved Spray Device
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United States of America
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9,108,213
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Improved Spray Device
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United States of America
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