| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 030340200 | With means to raise the hair and/or stretch the skin | 41 |
| 20080229583 | Safety Razor with Filament Guard - A razor cartridge is provided with a skin engaging structure at the cap and/or guard surface of the razor cartridge. The skin engaging structure has an array of closely spaced elongated protrusions integrally formed with a substrate. In use, the protrusions produce a pleasant tactile sensation tending to reduce shaving discomfort. The protrusions are formed by closely packed molded flexible filaments that can be less than 0.25 mm wide and have spacing between adjacent protrusions less than 0.2 mm. The protrusions can have a density greater than 5 protrusions per mm | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080313910 | CUTTER BLADE ASSEMBLY AND DRY SHAVER FOR VARIABLE HEIGHT OF CUT - A dry shaver unit includes a housing and a cutter blade assembly mounted in the housing. The cutter blade assembly includes a cutter blade and cooperating shear blade arrangement. The thickness of the shear blade varies over its surface, such that the spacing between a portion of the skin engaging surface of the shear blade and the opposite face thereof is increased as compared with the spacing required to achieve a “close shave”. The cutter blade assembly is mounted in the housing such that a plurality of portions of the shear blade having different thicknesses are simultaneously available for application to a surface to be shaved. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090056138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHAVING - A method and apparatus for improving shaving includes a cutting head which is unbalanced so as to create generally circular movements in the screen. The movement allows hairs extending from the skin at different angles to be cut by the cutting head. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090071006 | Safety razor with enhanced shaving aid member - A safety razor blade unit is provided. The safety razor blade unit includes at least one elongate blade and a shaving aid member. The shaving aid member extends longitudinally of the blade(s) and has a skin contacting surface exposed for contact with a skin of a user during shaving. The shaving aid member includes a multiplicity of pockets. Each of the pockets open at the skin contacting surface and are defined by side wall portions depending inward from the skin contacting surface. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090071007 | Safety razor with enhanced shaving aid member having protuberances - A safety razor blade unit is provided. The safety razor blade unit includes at least one elongate blade and a shaving aid member. The shaving aid member extends longitudinally of the blade(s) and has a skin contacting surface exposed for contact with a skin of a user during shaving. The shaving aid member includes a multiplicity of protuberances. Each of the protuberances have a base portion at the skin contacting surface and are defined by side wall portions extending away from the skin contacting surface. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090077809 | Shaving Razors and Other Hair Cutting Assemblies - A shaving razor blade unit including a housing having a primary guard at a front of the housing and a primary cap at an upper surface at a back of the housing, one or more primary shaving blades between the primary guard and the primary cap, a rear wall having a rear exterior surface extending downward from the upper surface at the back of the housing to a terminating surface, and a trimming blade mounted on the rear wall and having a trimming cutting edge extending at least partially beyond the terminating surface inside of an imaginary extension of the rear exterior surface, the rear exterior surface defining a secondary cap for the trimming blade. The back of the housing includes a trimming guard including spaced guard segments. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100011587 | ELECTRICAL HAIR-CUTTING DEVICE - The invention is related to an electrical hair-cutting device ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100043233 | SCRUBBING RAZOR - The scrubbing razor includes a handle, an elongated head with a blade mounting portion, and one or more forward straight blades and one or more rearward straight blades mounted to and extending from the underside of the blade mounting portion. The one or more rearward straight blades are mounted in opposing relation to the one or more forward straight blades, so that the scrubbing razor is bidirectional. The cutting edges of the one or more forward straight blades and the opposing cutting edges of the one or more rearward straight blades define a single plane. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100205808 | SHAVING SYSTEM COMPRISING A RAZOR HANDLE - A shaving system comprises a bifurcated razor handle ( | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100313424 | BLADE CARTRIDGE GUARD COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF FLEXIBLE FINS EXTENDING IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS - Blade cartridges and razors employing such blade cartridges are provided. The cartridges contain a guard situated primarily on its leading edge that includes an array of flexible fins that extend in multiple directions. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100319198 | BLADE CARTRIDGE GUARD COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF FLEXIBLE FINS HAVING VARYING STIFFNESS - A shaving blade cartridge containing a guard on its leading edge is provided. The guard employs an array of flexible fins. There is at least one change in stiffness among the different fins situated within the array. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110179648 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver includes: a main body; an outer blade provided to an end of the main body and having a blade hole defined by a bar; and an inner blade provided inward of the outer blade and configured to reciprocate in a longitudinal direction of the outer blade to cut hair in the blade hole with the outer blade. The bar has a hair raising portion coming in contact with hair upon movement of the outer blade on a skin surface to raise hair up from the skin surface. A contact pressure on the skin surface to be exerted by the outer blade in a first portion of the outer blade is greater than that in a second portion of the outer blade. Hair raising performance in raising hair up from the skin surface in the first portion is smaller than hair raising performance in the second portion. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110192031 | SHAVING ASSEMBLY - A shaving assembly having plural independent flexibly mounted cartridges. The assembly comprises a cartridge support including two flexible cross members at opposing ends of a bridge member each at one of a pair of attachment points. The cross member is flexible into either a convex or a concave orientation about the respective attached point. The assembly further comprises a plurality of cartridges each including a carrier and at least one blade, each cartridge independently coupled to the cross members in a parallel relation to each other cartridge to the cross members. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110197446 | RAZOR HAVING SEPARATE BLADE GROUPS FOR SHAVING AND TRIMMING/SCULPTING - A razor system is provided for shaving facial and body hair, the razor system having a handle and a razor cartridge. The razor cartridge has a primary group of blades and a second group of blades, such that the primary group of blades makes a first common plane and the second group of blades makes a second working plane. The first common plane and the second working plane are directionally-opposed. The present invention further relates to a method of shaving with the razor system. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110232097 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110232098 | ELECTRIC SHAVER | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239465 | HAIR REMOVAL DEVICE HAVING A DEVICE FOR PREPARING THE SKIN - A hair removal device having a device for preparing the skin is disclosed. The hair removal device has a shaving or cutting device for removing hairs, the shaving or cutting device having a front line of action along which hairs are removed by the shaving or cutting device. In front of the shaving or cutting device, there is situated a spacer for producing a defined skin wave between the front line of action and the spacer, the spacer being situated at a distance from the front line of action. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120011724 | CARRIER FOR A SHAVING DEVICE, COMPRISING PAIRS OF A CUTTING ELEMENT AND A HAIR LIFTING ELEMENT - A carrier is adapted for use in a shaving device, and comprises at least one pair ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120023749 | Lubrication Box for a Wet Shaving Implement - According to one aspect of the present invention, a lubrication box includes a first portion, a shaving aid material, and a second portion. The first portion of the lubrication box has a skin-engaging surface and at least one sidewall that, together, form a cavity. The skin-engaging surface includes at least two holes therethrough. The shaving aid material, which is optionally distributed in the cavity in a series of layers, is ultrasonically compressed into the cavity such that it at least partially fills at least one of the holes in the skin-engaging surface and at least a portion of the cavity. The second portion of the lubrication box is attached to the first portion such that the cavity is substantially closed. A gap exists between in the cavity between the shaving aid and the second portion of the lubrication box to permit the shaving aid material to expand during normal use. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120144675 | Safety Razor With Improved guard - A shaving blade unit has a plastic housing having a front portion and a rear portion and two side surfaces extending from the front portion to the rear portion. A shaving blade is disposed between the front portion and the rear portion and has a blade length extending along a blade axis. A guard is disposed at the front portion of the housing. The guard includes an elastomeric member forming at least one passage extending between an upper surface and a lower surface of the elastomeric member. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120174409 | SHAVING DEVICE HAVING A SAFE RAZOR BLADE UNIT - Razor blade unit for shaving a skin comprising a stretcher, a rear support and at least one blade ( | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120233863 | SHAVING RAZORS AND CARTRIDGES - A shaving cartridge has a housing with at least one blade having a blade edge. A first guard is in front of the blade. The first guard has a plurality of projections defining a plurality of open slots extending generally transverse to the blade edge. Each slot has a leading end portion for receiving hairs and a trailing end portion for feeding the hairs to the blade. The projections are stepped with a height of the projections that define the leading end portion of the slots that is less than a height of the projections that define the trailing end portion of the slots. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120279070 | RAZOR COMPRISING A TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE CAPSULE - The present invention relates to a razor, and particularly, to a razor the color of which changes in accordance with water temperature. The razor comprises: a razor cartridge to which a plurality of blades are coupled; and a handle coupled to the cartridge, wherein a temperature-sensitive capsule is embedded in the cartridge or in the handle such that the temperature of the temperature-sensitive capsule changes when the water temperature becomes higher than a specific temperature level. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120317815 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - Second hair lifting frames provided on the rear side in the traveling direction is arranged closer to a top than first hair lifting frames provided on the front side in the traveling direction. Accordingly, the differences in hair lifting ability between the first hair lifting frames and the second hair lifting frames can be reduced so as to lift body hair up more efficiently. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120317816 | PIVOTING RESILIENT SKIN CONTACTING MEMBER FOR RAZOR CARTRIDGES - A shaving system with a handle having an enlarged proximal end portion and a housing spaced apart from the enlarged proximal end portion of the handle. The housing has a front face, at least one blade and a cap behind the at least one blade. An elastomeric member is molded to the housing and the handle interconnecting the housing and the handle to form an integral unit. The elastomeric member includes a resilient skin contacting element that flexes to facilitate a pivotable movement of the housing relative to the handle between a biased neutral position and a flexed position and facilitates stretching of skin during a shaving stroke. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120324732 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - Hair lifting frames are provided in a range between a top of a first outer blade located on one side in the traveling direction and a top of a second outer blade located on the other side in the traveling direction in the use of a shaver main body (an electric shaver). Accordingly, the hair lifting frames can efficiently lift body hair up, and at the same time, an influence (damage) on a skin surface can be prevented. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120324733 | SHAVING ASSEMBLY - A shaving assembly having plural independent flexibly mounted cartridges. The assembly comprises a cartridge support including two flexible cross members at opposing ends of a bridge member each at one of a pair of attachment points. The cross member is flexible into either a convex or a concave orientation about the respective attached point. The assembly further comprises a plurality of cartridges each including a carrier and at least one blade, each cartridge independently coupled to the cross members in a parallel relation to each other cartridge to the cross members. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130000126 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver includes an outer blade having blade holes defined by a frame, and an inner blade provided inside the outer blade to move relative to the outer blade and cut body hair inserted into the blade holes. Circumferences of the blade holes of the frame are bent toward the inner blade so as to provide hair lifting portions having rounded portions in the frame, and the frame provided with the hair lifting portions is located closer to a skin than to a surface of the inner blade on a skin side. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130081274 | GUARD FOR A SHAVING RAZOR - A shaving cartridge with a housing, cap at a rear of the housing, one or more blades mounted to the housing in front of the cap, and a guard at a front of the housing. The guard has a top surface with a plurality of undulating rows extending parallel to the blade. The undulating rows have crests and valleys. The valleys comprise an elastomeric material and are stepped from a front of the guard to a rear of the guard. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130205594 | Vacuum Shaver - A vacuum shaver includes a nozzle having one or more cutting surfaces and an electric motor. The vacuum shaver can also include an air moving member coupled to the electric motor and a battery. The electric motor can provide mechanical power to the air moving member which can guide air through an air movement guide configured to guide airflow in through the nozzle, past the air moving member and out an exhaust vent. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20140123496 | BLADE CARTRIDGE GUARD COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF FLEXIBLE FINS EXTENDING IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS - Blade cartridges and razors employing such blade cartridges are provided. The cartridges contain a guard situated primarily on its leading edge that includes an array of flexible fins that extend in multiple directions. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140182134 | SHAVING DEVICE WITH A PAD - The present invention provides a shaving device that includes a handle for better control, and a stand that has a pad with sufficient surface area to comfortably compress and frictionally grip to tighten skin in relation to the working plane of one or more blades of the shaving device for smoother shave. The stand tightens the skin for closer shave, and compresses it below a level of existing hair growth, causing the hair follicles to protrude for even a better and closer shave. The stand further pushes the skin away from in-between the razor heads to diminish cuts and nicks, all for a closer shave. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140345142 | HAIR CUTTING DEVICE - A hair cutting device ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140373361 | SHAVING BLADE ASSEMBLY WITH A BLADE UNIT AND A SKIN CONTACT MEMBER - A shaving blade assembly including a blade unit and a skin contact member. A razor including a razor handle and such a shaving blade assembly. The blade unit includes at least one shaving blade having a cutting edge. The blade unit has a blade unit skin contact surface area, where the blade unit and the skin contact member have a shaving blade assembly skin contact surface area. The ratio between the shaving blade assembly skin contact surface area and the blade unit skin contact surface area is between approximately 2 and 3.1. The skin contact member can include a leading planar surface and a trailing planar surface defining a contact plane, and the contact plane and the shaving plane are parallel and the distance between the contact plane and the shaving plane is between approximately 0.2 mm and 0.6 mm. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150298254 | LASER HAIR CUTTER - A device for cutting hair is disclosed that includes a laser beam generator ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150328786 | SLIT BLADE BLOCK AND ELECTRIC RAZOR - A slit blade block is provided with a slit outer blade, a comb component, and an outer blade connector to which the slit outer blade is fixed. The comb component is sandwiched between and held by the slit outer blade and the outer blade connector when the slit outer blade is fixed to the slit connector. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150352736 | SLIT BLADE BLOCK AND ELECTRIC RAZOR HAVING SLIT BLADE BLOCK - This slit blade block includes multiple comb teeth adjacent to multiple outer blade pieces. Each comb tooth has a leading end surface, and a protruding part protruding in a direction away from the outer blade pieces. The protruding parts include an apical part that is the outermost end in said direction away from the outer blade pieces. The leading end surfaces of the protruding parts are positioned between the leading end surfaces and the base end surfaces of the adjacent outer blade pieces. Length L | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160001454 | RAZOR CARTRIDGE WITH REDUCED PART COUNT AND EXPANDED RANGE OF MOTION - A shaving razor having a cartridge containing a razor blade coupled to a monolithic yoke. The yoke is formed from a single piece of material possibly by injection molding. The yoke has a bridge and a pair of cross pieces each coupled to the bridge by a living hinge. The cartridge is coupled to the cross pieces and spans between the cross pieces. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160158948 | Razor Cartridge Guard Structure - A razor cartridge is provided comprising at least one blade having a cutting edge; a blade unit holding the at least one blade; and a guard positioned in front of the blade unit having a fixed end joined to the blade unit and a free end, with a pivot axis between the fixed end and the free end located distally away from the blade unit, wherein the free end pivots about said pivot axis. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160158949 | Razor Cartridge Guard Structure - A razor cartridge is provided comprising at least one blade having a cutting edge; a blade unit holding the at least one blade; and a guard positioned in front of the blade unit having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion has a first fixed end joined to the blade unit and a first free end opposite the first fixed end, and the second portion has a second fixed end, a second free end, and a pivot axis joining the ends, wherein the pivot axis is positioned distally away from the blade unit and the second free end is positioned intermediate the pivot axis and the first free end. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20190143547 | FLEXIBLE BODY SHAVER | 05-16-2019 |
