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| 20080196251 | Support structure for a flexible razor blade assembly - A support structure ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080250647 | MULTI-USE SHAVING IMPLEMENT - According to one aspect of the present invention, a razor cartridge includes an outer shell, and a support structure. The outer shell defines a primary blade opening and a trimming blade opening. The support assembly is located at least partially inside the outer shell and includes at least one primary blade slot and a trim blade slot. A primary blade is located within each of the primary blade slots in the support assembly such that a cutting edge on the primary blade extends through the primary blade opening in the outer shell. A trim blade is located within the trim blade slot in the support structure such that a cutting edge on the trim blade extends through the trim blade opening in the outer shell. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256800 | Razor cartridge assembly with movable face - A razor cartridge including a blade unit and a frame directly joined to the blade unit. The blade unit includes a plurality of shaving blades secured to the blade unit. The blade unit has an upper face and a lower face. The frame has an upper member and a lower member. The upper member is movable between a first position and a second position. The upper face of the upper member forms a substantially contiguous extension of the upper face of the blade unit when in the second position. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080256801 | Razor cartridge with front pivot axis - A razor cartridge for connecting to a handle is provided. The razor cartridge includes a blade unit and a frame secured to and surrounding the blade unit. The blade unit includes a plurality of blades. The blades extend along respective parallel blade axes. The frame has a frame perimeter and a pivoting structure. The frame perimeter defines a razor cartridge perimeter for the razor cartridge. The pivoting structure defines a pivot axis for pivoting the razor cartridge with respect to the handle. The pivot axis is located within the frame and in front of the blade axes. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080256802 | Array of razor cartridges - An array of razor cartridges is provided. The array includes a first shaving cartridge having a first casing and a plurality of shaving blades secured within the first casing. The first frame has a first configuration. The first frame is secured to the first shaving cartridge to form a first razor cartridge. The array also includes a second shaving cartridge having a second casing and a plurality of shaving blades secured within the second casing. The second casing is identical to the first casing. A second frame having a second configuration is secured to the second shaving cartridge to from a second razor cartridge. The second configuration of the second cartridge is different than said first configuration of the first cartridge. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080256803 | Razor cartridge pivot axis - A razor cartridge for connecting to a handle is provided. The razor cartridge includes a blade unit and a frame surrounding the blade unit. Shaving blades in the blade unit have sharpened edges defining a blade plane. The frame includes a perimeter, an upper surface and a pivoting structure defining a pivot axis for pivoting the razor cartridge with respect to the handle. The pivot axis is positioned within the frame such that a line drawn through the pivot axis perpendicular to the blade plane intersects the upper surface of the frame at a pivot frame intersection location where a tangent line drawn along the upper surface at the pivot frame intersection location is parallel to the blade plane. A first planar surface on the upper surface is located in front of pivot frame intersection location and a second planar surface is located behind pivot frame intersection location. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090049695 | 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. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090056144 | Razor Cutting Head for Electric and Non-Electric Razors - A cutting head for an electric razor is described. The cutting head includes a blade support member and a plurality of blades. The blade support member can attach to an electric razor and reciprocate back and forth. The plurality of blades are located on the blade support member, and move in a cutting direction towards a hair to be cut. The plurality of blades meet the hair to be cut at a contact angle that is acute with respect to the cutting direction. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090071011 | 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. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090113715 | Safety razor head assembling with diagonal blades - The invention is directed to a safety shaving razor comprising a detachable cartridge provided with angled blades with tension members between blades connected to a handle by coupling means. The blades are arranged in such manner that at least three different angled cuts across the razor head face is provided per stroke for an easier, closer and smoother shave. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090113716 | Razor Blade Assembly Pre-Form - A shaving blade assembly pre-form comprising a blade frame comprising transverse connecting strips; a plurality of blades welded to the blade frame that span the transverse connecting strips along a length of the frame; and a disposable tie disposed parallel to the plurality of blades and across said transverse connecting strips. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090113717 | Razor With Rearwardly Secured Shaving Blade member - A shaving blade unit comprising a shaving cartridge having a rearwardly secured shaving blade member wherein the cartridge comprises a) a housing having a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending between the front and rear walls; b) a shaving blade member disposed within said walls of the housing and wherein the blade member has a cutting edge that faces a front surface of said housing; c) a resilient member disposed rearward of the shaving blade member and that is secured by a shaving blade member retainer; and wherein the resilient member provides a forward biasing force to the shaving blade member and wherein the shaving blade member exhibits a springing motion during a shaving stroke. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090193659 | SHAVER - Provided is a shaver including a cartridge and a handle body. The cartridge includes a cartridge body formed in a rectangular frame shape; a plurality of blades installed in the cartridge body in the side-to-side direction of the cartridge body, each of the blades having a front portion bent downward; pair of side fixation slots formed on left and right frames of the cartridge body, respectively, so as to fix the left and right ends of each blade; a supporter connecting upper and lower frames of the cartridge body; and an inside fixation slot formed on the supporter so as to fix a portion of each blade. The handle body is coupled to the cartridge body. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090255124 | Cartridge for a Shaving Razor - The present invention is a blade cartridge for use in a shaving razor having a handle. The blade cartridge has a housing having a front, a rear, opposite upper and lower sides and opposite first and second ends. An elongated guard is formed on the front of the housing adjacent the lower side and extends between the first and second ends. A header is formed on the housing adjacent the upper side and extends between the first and second ends. At least one blade having a cutting edge is supported in the housing between the guard and the header with the cutting edge exposed on the front and extending between the first and second ends. An elongated channel is formed on the housing between the cutting edge and the guard and extends across the housing between the first and second ends. The channel has an elongated opening which separates the cutting edge from the guard. The channel also has opposite first and second side openings formed on the first and second ends of the housing, respectively. The cartridge further includes a trimming blade having a cutting edge mounted in the header with the cutting edge exposed on the rear. Portions of the header are made of a transparent material so that portions of the header can be sufficiently see through to permit a user to see the cutting edge of the trimming blade. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090288299 | RAZOR BLADE UNIT WITH FILM HINGE - A razor blade unit with a blade housing, in which several blades with cutting edges lying parallel to a skin contact plane are arranged, a coupling section, which can be connected preferably in a detachable manner to a handle, and a connecting section. The connecting section includes at least one film hinge between the blade housing and the coupling section, which hinge defines a pivot axis extending parallel to the skin contact plane, and an elastic damping component, which surrounds one or more sides of the film hinge and is formed both on the blade housing and on the coupling section. The razor blade unit also has a foam edge, arranged in front of the cutting edges (with respect to the shaving direction) of the blades to pretension the skin during shaving. The pivot axis extending through the film hinge is positioned between the forward boundary (with respect to the shaving direction) of the foam edge and the cutting edge lying closest to the foam edge. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090293281 | Blade support for multi-blade razor cartridges - The invention provides a razor cartridge with multiple blades and peg(s) or pegged support members that aid in the control of the blades by restricting fore and aft blade movement, which in turn, reduces the amplitude of blade deflection and/or vibration during shaving. This reduction provided by the pegs improves shaving performance. Blades rest between pegs which are rounded or shaped such that the blade bottom portion contacts the peg at one point, forming a single line of contact. The pegs may be in a slalom-like, linear (with one or more peg columns), or offset arrangement. Pegs or pegged support members may be at any location of the razor blade assembly; for instance, at the center and/or at blade slot ends. Pegs may each be of different shapes and may or may not be equidistant or at the same heights as each other, depending on blade spans and exposures. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100005664 | Blade Subassemblies for Shaving Razors - A subassembly for a shaving razor that includes a plurality of elongated metal blades that are secured to each other as an integral unit. The plural blades have cutting edges defining a shaving surface, and are secured to each other by weld connections at their respective longitudinal ends. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100011590 | RAZORS AND RAZOR CARTRIDGES - Razors cartridges including a guard, a cap, and at least two blades with parallel sharpened edges located between the guard and cap are provided. A first blade defines a blade edge nearest the guard and a second blade defines a blade edge nearest the cap. The first blade has a cutter force less than the cutter force of the second blade. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100077617 | RAZORS AND RAZOR CARTRIDGES WITH A DECREASED TOTAL INTERBLADE SPAN - A wet shaving razor cartridge that comprises a plurality of at least five elongate blade assemblies disposed in parallel between a guard and a cap of a housing, each blade assembly having a sharp cutting edge; wherein said blade assemblies exhibit a cumulative interblade span of no greater than about 3 mm. Also, a wet shaving razor cartridge that comprise a plurality of at least four elongate blade assemblies disposed in parallel between a guard and a cap of a housing, each blade assembly having a sharp cutting edge; wherein said blade assemblies exhibit a cumulative interblade span of no greater than about 2.5 mm. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100077618 | RAZOR CARTRIDGES WITH PERFORATED BLADE ASSEMBLIES - A razor cartridge comprising a housing, a guard disposed toward a front portion of the housing, a cap disposed toward a rear portion of the housing, a plurality of bent blade assemblies, wherein at least one of the blade assemblies comprises one or more perforations along a length of the assembly. In another embodiment, a razor cartridge comprising a housing, a guard disposed toward a front portion of the housing, a cap disposed toward a rear portion of the housing, a plurality of integrally formed bent blade assemblies, wherein each of the blade assemblies comprises one or more perforations along a length of the assembly. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100077619 | Razor Cartridge - A razor cartridge has a frame, a razor blade resiliently mounted in the frame, a cartridge retainer disposed around a portion of a periphery of the frame; and a separable lubrication articulately connected to the frame and selectively moveable between a forward position and a locked position. The cartridge retainer has a first portion that includes a surface that defines a skin engaging surface when the separable lubrication is in the locked position and second portions at opposed ends of the first portion that retain the blade in the frame and include means to fixedly attach the cartridge retainer to the frame. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083505 | SAFETY RAZOR WITH MULTI-PIVOT BLADE UNIT - A safety razor blade unit mounted for pivotal movement relative to a razor handle about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to a blade mounted in the blade unit. The blade unit is biased to a rest position by a magnetic return force generated by a set of magnetic elements. The set of magnetic elements are so disposed that the return force increases as the pivotal displacement of the blade unit from the rest position increases. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100101092 | Conforming Wet Shaving Razor - A wet shaving razor comprising a cartridge having a length wherein the cartridge comprises an upper frame comprising 1) a blade frame, 2) a shaving blade joined to the blade frame where the blade extends lengthwise along the cartridge, 3) an upper face that surrounds the blade, and 4) one or more serially arranged rear spring elements, each element having a proximate and distal end such that said proximate end is joined adjacent a top edge of the upper face and wherein said distal end is joined to a catch plate; a sub-frame upon which said upper frame is resiliently mounted at its bottom edge near a front edge of said sub-frame wherein said sub-frame further comprises front spring elements; and a catch plate that causes the rear spring elements to foldably engage with a rear edge of said sub-frame to provide removably secured rear spring elements; and wherein the front spring elements and rear spring elements oppose local deformation of the cartridge under shaving forces encountered during shaving. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100101093 | Razor With Floatably Secured Shaving Blade member - A shaving blade unit comprising a shaving cartridge having a floatably secured shaving blade member wherein said cartridge comprises: a) a housing with a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending between said front and rear walls; b) said shaving blade member having opposing ends with a shoulder at each end and wherein said shoulder rests along said side wall and wherein a cutting edge of said shaving blade member is facing a front surface of said housing; c) a resilient member disposed rearward of said shaving blade member and that is secured by a shaving blade member retainer; and wherein said resilient member provides a forward biasing force to said shaving blade member such that said contact between said shoulder and said side wall is at least maintained when said unit is removed from a skin surface during shaving. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100154222 | Razor - A razor having a simplified structure is provided. This oscillating razor is provided with a razor head. The razor head is provided with a blade member composed of a base having a blade-body supporting portion and a plurality of blade bodies, a blade base member located on the back side of the razor head, and a top member located on the front side of the razor head. The blade member is fitted between the blade base member and the top member. The base is supported on the blade base member and the cutting edge of the blade body is exposed outward at the top member. Each of the blade bodies is placed on the blade-body supporting portion, and welded portions fixed to each other by welding from the side corresponding to the blade-body supporting portion are formed on the blade body and the blade-body supporting portion. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100170094 | SAFETY RAZOR - A safety razor includes a plurality of razor blades, a frame fixedly holding each razor blade to cause its cutting edge to be outwardly exposed, and a holder for reversibly holding the frame. Each razor blade is formed to provide two edges. In other words, each razor blade is provided to cause its upper and lower cutting edges to be outwardly exposed, sloping away from the frame. The frame is formed in a frame shape to hold each razor blade between the right and left sections thereof and fixedly houses each razor blade within the inner space causing each razor blade to slope away at regular intervals and in parallel. In this manner, each razor blade can be used twice with its two edges. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100175265 | RAZOR BLADE UNIT HEAD AND SAFETY RAZOR INCLUDING SUCH A BLADE UNIT - A razor blade unit having a frame and blades movably mounted in the frame, each blade being elastically biased toward a rest position where the upper face of each blade bears against upper stop portions of the frame, the upper face of each blade being parallel to the corresponding upper stop portions. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100229397 | Razor - A razor is provided with a blade member | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100229398 | Razor Blade And Support Assembly - A razor blade and support assembly is provided which flexes in response to shaving forces near slots in the blade support. A razor cartridge includes one or more of the aforementioned razor blade and support assemblies positioned in a housing. The razor cartridge may be permanently or removably coupled to a handle to provide a shaving razor. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100269351 | SAFETY RAZORS - A safety razor blade unit has two or more blades ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110041340 | Razor Comprising A Three Dimensional, Microstructured Abrasion Material - A wet shaving razor comprising a handle having a proximate and distal end, a razor cartridge mounted at the proximate end of the handle. The cartridge further includes 1) a housing having a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls joining said front and rear walls; 2) a plurality of razor blades, each blade having a sharpened cutting edge and wherein said blades are disposed in a parallel arrangement extending between said side walls; and 3) an abrasion material comprising a plurality of geometric, three-dimensional, microstructures wherein said material is disposed adjacent to said front wall and forward of said blades. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110041341 | Safety razor - A safety razor for wet shaving having two sets of blades cutting with opposite shaving stroke directions. This permits more efficient and effective shaving than with razors having blades that cut with strokes in one direction only. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110041342 | DUAL HEADED RAZOR BLADE SYSTEM - A dual headed razor blade system includes a first razor blade head assembly and a second razor blade head assembly. The razor blade head assemblies comprise an elongated in-line main handle having opposed upper and lower ends and opposed front and rear faces supports; additionally, the system includes a shorter in-line arm having opposed upper and lower ends, and opposed front and rear faces. The first razor blade head assembly is mounted to upper end of a first blade support, which in turn is mounted at the upper end and on the front face of the elongated main in-line handle; additionally, to maximize the shaving area for each stroke of cutting, the second razor blade head assembly is mounted to upper end of a second blade support, which in turn is mounted at the upper end of the shorter elongated in-line arm, while the lower end of the in-line arm is pivoted at a concave recess toward the lower end of the main elongated in-line handle of the composite assembly. The first and second razor blade head assemblies comprise of preferably disposable safety razor blade cartridges, which are releasably engaged to the respective upper ends of the first and second blade supports for replacement, removal, and disposal thereof. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110107600 | Cantilever Comb Guard - A shaving blade assembly having a blade unit with at least one blade and a guard bar positioned in front of the blade. A cantilever guard is positioned in front of the blade unit defining a gap between the guard bar and the cantilever guard. The cantilever guard has a plurality of spaced apart fingers extending transverse to the blade. The fingers have a wedge shaped cross section in a direction transverse to the blades and are movable relative to the guard bar between a first position and a second position during a shaving stroke. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110162208 | Blades for Shaving Razors - A shaving cartridge with a housing having a guard and a cap that define a shaving plane tangential thereto. The housing has a first blade with a blade edge positioned between the guard and the cap. A second blade has a blade edge positioned between the cap and the blade edge of the first blade. The first blade defines a plurality of rinse-through openings positioned between the blade edge of the first blade and the blade edge of the second blade. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110162209 | Blades for Shaving Razors - A shaving cartridge with a housing having a guard and a cap that define a shaving plane tangential thereto. The housing has first blade with a base portion mounted to the housing and a bent portion slanted toward the shaving plane. The base portion is within 25 degrees of being parallel to the shaving plane and the bent portion has an angle relative to the base portion of about 5 degrees to about 25 degrees. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110197450 | SHAVING RAZOR ADAPTER ATTACHING A SHAVING RAZOR CARTRIDGE TO A SHAVING RAZOR HANDLE - A shaving razor adapter used to attach a disposable shaving razor cartridge of a first shaving razor configuration to a shaving razor handle of a second shaving razor configuration. The shaving razor adapter comprises a first attachment portion which resembles the connecting end of the shaving razor handle of the first shaving razor configuration. The first attachment portion attaches the adapter to the shaving razor cartridge of the first shaving razor configuration. The second attachment portion of the adapter resembles the connecting member of a shaving razor cartridge of a second shaving razor configuration that interfaces with the connecting end of the handle of the second shaving razor configuration. The second attachment portion of the adapter releasably attaches the adapter to the connecting end of the shaving razor handle of the second shaving razor configuration. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110219625 | SHAVER HEAD - The present invention relates to a shaver head for a rotary razor comprising a central axle and at least two spaced apart hubs extending from the axle. Each hub mounts a plurality of elongate blades such that the blades are mounted in a manner to each extend, in their elongate direction, parallel to each other and parallel to the central axle. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225828 | SHAVING RAZORS AND CARTRIDGES - A shaving system has a cap, a skin-engaging member, at least one blade between the skin engaging member and the cap, and a guard bar between the skin engaging member and the blade. The guard bar has a first set of spaced apart projections offset from a second set of spaced apart projections in a first direction parallel to the blade and in a second direction transverse to the blade. The first set of projections and the second set of projections define a plurality of open channels extending transverse to the blade. The open channels have a width of about 0.20 mm to about 0.50 mm. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110232100 | UNITARY RAZOR BLADE AND SHAVING RAZOR CARTRIDGE USING SAME - The present invention relates to a unitary razor blade and to a shaving razor using the same, and more particularly, to a razor blade which is shaped into a geometrical structure so as to achieve the maximized strength thereof. The razor blade according to the present invention comprises: an edge portion having a curved cutting edge; a connection portion which extends from the edge portion and which is formed into a curve; and a support portion extending from the edge portion to support the edge portion and the connection portion, where the edge portion, the connection portion and the support portion are combined into a single body. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110232101 | UNITARY CARTRIDGE - The present invention relates to a shaving razor cartridge, comprising: an upper housing having one or more curved razor blades, an exposing portion for exposing the edges of the razor blades to the outside, and a guard; and a lower housing coupled to the upper housing, having a blade mounting portion for supporting the razor blades, wherein the bottoms of said one or more razor blades are supported at both ends and the center of the blade mounting portion, and both ends of said razor blades have notches such that the tops of the razor blades are supported and vertically connected to both ends of the upper housing. As the notches are formed at both ends of the razor blades to enable the razor blades to be accommodated in the space between the blade mounting portion and the upper housing, the necessity of a clip for fixing razor blades is eliminated, and the deformation of the razor blades can be prevented, thus making products slim and small-sized, and enabling the automatic assembly of cartridges of a variety of shapes and reducing production costs. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239466 | BENT RAZOR BLADES AND MANUFACTURING OF SUCH RAZOR BLADES - The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a razor blade ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110247217 | SHAVING CARTRIDGE HAVING A FRONT PIVOTING HOOD WITH A BIASING MEMBER - Shaving cartridges intended for connection to handles to form shaving razors wherein the cartridges comprise pivoting hood comprising a biasing member. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110258856 | Shaving Razors And Shaving Cartridges - A shaving blade unit having a housing with a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of side edges extending between the front edge and the rear edge. The housing has a pair of apertures between the front edge and the rear edge. The pair of apertures extend through the housing from the top surface to the bottom surface. One or more shaving blades are disposed between the front edge and the rear edge. The one or more shaving blades each have a cutting edge. A clip has a pair of legs that extend through the pair of apertures. Each leg is bent about at least a portion of the bottom surface of the housing securing the clip to the housing and retaining the blades on the housing. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110289779 | BLADE UNIT FOR A SAFETY RAZOR - A blade unit for a safety razor comprises a plurality of elongated blades ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120011725 | RAZOR CARTRIDGE AND MECHANICAL RAZOR COMPRISING SUCH A CARTRIDGE - A razor cartridge that includes a housing, at least one support, received by the housing, and having parallel first and second faces, the support having a lower portion, an upper portion, and a bent portion intermediate the lower and upper portions, a razor blade having a cutting edge and a fixation portion fixed on the second face of the upper portion of the support, where the second face of the support has a recess extending at least in the bent portion. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120030947 | SHAVING CARTRIDGE GUARD FOR SUPPORTING SKIN - A shaving cartridge with a housing, at least one blade mounted to the housing, and a guard having a plurality of spaced apart projections with an upper surface. The projections define a plurality of open slots extending transverse to the blade. The open slots have a lower surface extending between the plurality of projections. The open slots have a slot depth between the lower surface and the upper surface of about 0.10 mm to about 0.5 mm. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030948 | SHAVING CARTRIDGE WITH SUPRESSED BLADE GEOMETRY - A shaving cartridge with a housing, a cap, and a guard. The guard has an upper surface. The cap has a top surface, a front edge, and an arcuate surface connecting the top surface and the front edge. A first blade between the cap and the guard has a cutting edge nearest the cap. A second blade between the cap and the guard has a cutting edge nearest the guard. The first and second blades define a blade plane tangent to the cutting edges. The blade plane is positioned below both (i) the surface of the guard and (ii) an intersection point of the front edge and the top surface of the cap. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120055028 | 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. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120084984 | CARTRIDGES AND RAZORS WITH TRIMMING WING - A cartridge or razor, suitable for wet or dry shaving, comprising a housing in which the housing comprises a front, a rear, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a wing on at least one of the first side and the second side. The cartridge or razor also comprises one or more shaving blades disposed in the housing and at least one trimming blade disposed in the wing. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120110857 | RAZOR CARTRIDGE - A wet shaving razor cartridge has a housing, a primary blade and a final blade. The primary blade is located at a front end of the cartridge and the final blade is located at a rear end of the cartridge. The primary and final blades have blade edges that extend in parallel to a length of the housing. An angle α | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120124840 | WET SHAVER - A wet shaver that includes a handle, a shaving head having at least two blades, defining a shaving plane (P), the shaving head having a cam surface, the shaving head being pivotally mounted on the handle about a pivot axis (X) parallel to the shaving plane, the shaving head having a rest position, a biasing member provided on the handle, adapted to exert a camming action on the cam surface to bias the shaving head toward the rest position. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120151775 | RAZOR HEAD AND OUTER FRAME THEREOF - An outer frame of a razor head includes two side parts, a front part and a rear part connecting the side parts. An inner side wall of each side part provides a positioning block which has a first plane for mounting and supporting razor blade assemblies. Resilient arms are connected with side walls of the positioning blocks. Each resilient arm includes a leg part connecting the positioning block and a head part connecting an end of the leg part. An inclination angle between the leg part and the first plane is in the range of | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120159787 | SAFETY RAZORS - A safety razor blade unit has an upper face, a bottom face, a front and a rear face. A plurality of cutting edges are positioned between a first guard surface and a first cap surface at the upper face. A frame element is formed separately from and connected to the rear face, the frame element has a second guard surface and a second cap surface. An auxiliary blade is supported by the frame element having an elongated cutting edge disposed between the second guard surface and the second cap surface. The elongated cutting edge of the auxiliary blade is directed generally away from the upper face of the blade unit. The second guard surface, the second cap surface, and the cutting edge of the auxiliary blade are at the rear face of the blade unit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120192431 | Blades for Shaving Razors - A shaving cartridge with a housing having a guard and a cap that define a shaving plane tangential thereto. The housing has a first blade with a blade edge positioned between the guard and the cap. A second blade has a blade edge positioned between the cap and the blade edge of the first blade. The first blade defines a plurality of rinse-through openings positioned between the blade edge of the first blade and the blade edge of the second blade. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120192432 | Flexible Razor Assembly - A shaving implement, the form of which is a system of interlinked circular razors having the appearance of a metallic cloth, held together by fabric or metal thread. The flexible shaver is meant to replace razors of the wet shave type, providing greater safety in shaving the skin, and in cleanliness of the shaver itself The cutting areas of the circular razors are each slightly larger than an average hair, greatly reducing the chance of cutting oneself The shaver conforms to the contours of the skin, and increases the efficiency of shaving compared to current depilatory shavers. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120198698 | PIVOTING RAZOR - A razor having a pivotable blade unit which is biased into a rest position by a biasing plunger. The razor includes a stabilizing bore in which a penetrating portion of the biasing plunger is configured to reciprocate. The largest cross-section of the penetrating portion has a shape which differs from the shape of the smallest cross-section of the stabilizing bore in order to lower the contact area between the penetrating portion of the biasing plunger and the stabilizing bore. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120311865 | MINERAL BLADE AND RAZOR FOR USE WITH SAME - Disclosed is a razor blade having a mineral blade with a mineral cutting edge, with the mineral cutting edge having a radius of less than about 20 nanometers and an angle of about 40-50 degrees and wherein the mineral blade is coated in an adhesion promoter and an outer layer and a method of making the razor blade. Also disclosed is a razor having a mineral blade, and a method of making the razor. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120324737 | Razor Cartridge With Skin Contact Element - A razor cartridge has a housing, a guard located at a front of the housing and a cap located at a rear of the housing. A skin contact element is disposed in the housing partway between the guard and the cap. A skin contact plane defines a plane tangential to the guard and the skin contact element and a plane tangential to the skin contact element and the cap. One or more blades are located between the guard and the skin contact element, each of the blades having a cutting edge located at a distance y | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130091710 | CUTTING MEMBERS FOR SHAVING RAZORS - Cutting members for razors are provided that have a blade portion and a base portion, the blade portion having a cutting edge region terminated at a free end thereof and an opposing non-cutting edge region, the blade portion being bent relative to the base portion in a bent portion spaced from the cutting edge region and adjacent to the non-cutting edge region, wherein the bent portion extends about 108 degrees to about 115 degrees from the base portion, the bent portion having a radius of about 0.30 mm to about 0.45 mm, at least part of the cutting member having a hardness of about hardness of about 540 HV to about 750 HV, and a thickness of the bent portion is less than the average thickness of the cutting member. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130097872 | Razor Cartridge With Improved Guard - A razor cartridge has a housing having a guard and a cap and a plurality of parallel blades supported by the housing between the guard and the cap, each blade having a respective cutting edge. The guard includes a first and a second group of rows of elongated, elastomeric fins, each group being arranged generally parallel to the cutting edges and positioned to engage a user's skin, the second group being closer to the blades than the first group. The tips of the fins of the first group define a surface and an extension of the surface intersects the outer surface of the outermost fin of the second group to define a step between this intersection and a plane parallel to a plane through the cutting edges and tangential to the tip of outermost fin in a direction away from the guard. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130185942 | BENT RAZOR BLADES AND MANUFACTURING OF SUCH RAZOR BLADES - A razor blade includes an edge portion with a cutting edge at a first end of the razor blade; a further portion extending from the edge portion to a second end of the razor blade; and a bridge portion attached to a first portion of the further portion, leaving a second portion of the further portion exposed from the first end to the second end. The edge portion is bent relative to the further portion through an angle of at least 40° in a bending zone spaced from the cutting edge. Further, at least the edge portion has a material structure hardened by a first heat treatment, and the bending zone has a locally re-heated structure. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130269190 | SHAVING SYSTEM - A shaving razor includes a cartridge having a cartridge housing and a handle. The cartridge housing has a front edge, a rear edge and two side edges extending from the front edge to the rear edge. One or more shaving blades are located on the housing and between the front edge and the rear edge. A connecting member is connected to the cartridge housing and includes a deflectable element defining at least a portion of an opening extending through the connecting member. The handle includes a handle interconnect member that includes a protrusion having an enlarged distal end and angled side surfaces extending from the distal end to a base. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130276311 | Thin Safety Razor - A safety razor with a thin profile that can be easily transported on a person, without risk of injury or damage to the razor blades. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130298407 | Razor Assembly - A razor assembly provides a fixed blade razor having a peripheral blade edge extending fully around the head to facilitate shaving at various angles. The assembly includes a handle having a grip section and an extension section. A head is coupled to the extension section. A plurality of blades is coupled to the head. Each blade has a sharp peripheral edge extending fully around the blade. The sharp peripheral edge of each blade is outwardly positioned with respect to an outermost edge of the head. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140026424 | RAZOR CARTRIDGE - A razor having a housing, a guard located at a front of the housing and a cap located at a rear of the housing. A skin contact plane is tangential to the guard and the cap. A blade couplet is disposed in the housing, the blade couplet being formed of a leading blade having a leading edge and a trailing blade having a trailing edge, both edges being directed towards the front of the housing and the leading blade being positioned between the guard and the trailing blade. There is a span of about 25 μm to about 850 μm between the leading edge and the trailing edge, the leading edge has an exposure of about 25 μm to about 500 μm below the skin contact plane, the trailing edge is positioned in line with or above the leading edge and has an exposure of about 150 μm above the skin contact plane to about 300 μm below the skin contact plane, and the difference in exposure between the leading edge and the trailing edge is equal to or less than the span between the leading edge and the trailing edge. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140033538 | FUNCTIONAL RAZOR CARTRIDGE - A method of forming a functional razor cartridge for repeated shaving comprises rapid prototyping a housing of a razor cartridge. The housing has a front wall, a rear wall and opposing side walls disposed transverse to and between said front and rear walls. The method further comprises loading a metal insert with one or more elongate blade assemblies and disposing the metal insert in the housing such that the one or more blade assemblies extend between the opposing side walls of the housing. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140041234 | CUTTING MEMBERS FOR SHAVING RAZORS - Cutting members for razors are provided that have a blade portion and a base portion, the blade portion having a cutting edge region terminated at a free end thereof and an opposing non-cutting edge region, the blade portion being bent relative to the base portion in a bent portion spaced from the cutting edge region and adjacent to the non-cutting edge region, wherein the bent portion extends about 108 degrees to about 115 degrees from the base portion, the bent portion having a radius of about 0.30 mm to about 0.45 mm, at least part of the cutting member having a hardness of about hardness of about 540 HV to about 750 HV, and a thickness of the bent portion is less than the average thickness of the cutting member. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140059861 | SHAVING BLADE UNIT AND SHAVER HAVING SUCH A BLADE UNIT - A shaving blade unit having a housing that includes a primary cap, a primary guard, an upper face, and a rear face. The shaving blade unit also includes a first primary blade located between the primary cap and the primary guard and extending at said the upper face, a first spacer stacked with the first primary blade, and a trimming blade extending at the rear face of the housing where the trimming blade is unreleasably fixed to the first spacer. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140059862 | SHAVING BLADE UNIT AND SHAVER HAVING SUCH A BLADE UNIT - A shaving blade unit having a housing that includes a primary cap, a primary guard, an upper face, and a rear face. The shaving blade unit also includes a first primary blade located between the primary cap and the primary guard and extending at said the upper face, a first spacer stacked with the first primary blade, and a trimming blade extending at the rear face of the housing where the trimming blade is unreleasably fixed to the first spacer. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140109409 | SHAVING CARTRIDGES HAVING A PLURALITY OF ARRAYS - A razor blade cartridge which has a housing with a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and one or more blades mounted within the housing. An elongated resilient skin contacting element is joined to the proximal end portion of the housing. The elongated resilient skin contacting element has an alignment array of skin contacting members having a pattern of one or more flexible skin-engaging projections that are generally transverse to one or more of the blades and define a plurality of open channels that facilitate the generally unobstructed passage of hair to one or more of the blades during shaving. The elongated resilient skin contacting element also has at least one additional array of skin contacting members having a pattern that is different than the pattern of the alignment array of skin contacting members. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140230252 | RAZOR BLADE, RAZOR HEAD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An integrally formed rigid razor blade having a body with a cutting edge portion extending about a cutting edge portion plane, and having a cutting edge at one end, a base portion extending along a base portion plane, a bent portion intermediate the cutting edge portion and the base portion. The body is made of martensitic stainless steel that includes mainly iron and between 0.62% and 0.75% of carbon in weight. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140245613 | Razor With Two Glide Members Pivoting About A Single Axis - A razor having a pair or gliding members attached to said housing, wherein both gliding members pivot about a single axis. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140259677 | SHAVING CARTRIDGE WITH INDIVIDUAL BLADE GUARDS - A shaving razor having integrally formed blade guards. A generally monolithic body is formed from a suitable material such as thermoplastic to define blade channels for a plurality of blades, 1 blade retained in each channel the cutting edges of which define a cutting plane. A plurality of blade guards is formed as part of the body such that the shaving plane passes through the blade guards with one blade guard forward of each blade in the cutting direction. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140259678 | Shavers - Systems, methods and devices for shaving including one or more of a curved shaving cartridge, a process of manufacture thereof; and a double cartridge shaving device and methods of use and/or manufacture thereof. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140259679 | MULTI-HEADED SAFETY RAZOR - A safety razor is disclosed, and includes a handle and a shaving head. The shaving head defines a longitudinal axis. The shaving head is mounted to a distal portion of the handle and has a rest position. The shaving head is configured to rotate out of the rest position in a first radial direction transverse to the longitudinal axis defined by the handle. The shaving head is inhibited from rotation out of the rest position in a second radial direction opposite from the first radial direction. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140290066 | RAZORS AND RAZOR HANDLES - A razor handle comprising a main body portion and a connector for connecting, in use, the main body portion to a razor cartridge, the main body portion comprising first and second spaced-apart fingertip engaging surfaces adapted, in use, to be engagable with opposite sides of a user's fingertips and a grip portion interposed between the fingertip engaging surfaces. The grip portion is substantially transverse to at least one of the finger engaging surfaces. A first one of the finger engaging surfaces preferably comprises first and second spaced apart fingertip engaging surface portions, one of which fingertip engaging surface portions is located proximally to the connector and most preferably substantially above and behind a trailing edge of the razor cartridge. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140352154 | SHAVING RAZOR DEMONSTRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A shaving demonstration apparatus having a rotatable support surface. A drive unit is operatively connected to the rotatable support surface. A fixture is spaced apart from the rotatable support surface. A first shaving razor has a first handle having a central longitudinal axis, said handle mounted to the fixture. A first blade cartridge unit is mounted to an end of the first handle, and rotates about a torsional rotation axis with respect to said handle, wherein the central longitudinal axis and the torsional rotational axis are generally parallel. The first blade cartridge unit contacts the rotatable support surface. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140373362 | 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 |
| 20150013169 | RAZOR CARTRIDGES - A razor cartridge has a housing having a front and a rear. At least two adjacent blades are provided, each pair having a leading blade and a trailing blade. Each of the leading and trailing blades having a cutting edge directed towards a front of the housing, the cutting edge of the leading blade being positioned between the cutting edge of the trailing blade and the front of the housing. A span δ | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150101196 | V SHAPED SAFETY RAZOR - An efficient and soft safety razor unit is provided including at least one blade with a sharp cutting edge extending lengthwise of the blade unit, built in an inverted “V” shape, in the first embodiment, or in a “V” shape, in another embodiment, the support structure has the same shape, so that, at shaving time, the blade or blade cut every single hair of the beard (or another part of the body, for example legs, or chest, etc.) with an angle corresponding to the angle in which the “V” has been built, producing or achieving a more efficient and softer beard cut, due to the “guillotine” effect on each beard hair produced by the inclined blades. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150107115 | Disposable Razor Device and Blades (Two Blades on a Movable Head and a Single Blade on a Head Fixed to the Razor Device) for Use at Barbershops, Hairdressing Salons and Homes - A disposable razor device includes a handle with a distal end, a proximal end, and a body extending therebetween, a fixed head integral with the handle, at least one fixed razor blade attached to a bottom edge of the fixed head, and a removable head with a protection strip and at least one razor blade inserted therein. The removable head is configured to be attached to and removed from the fixed head of the razor device. A push button release mechanism may be positioned on the handle, wherein the actuation of the push button allows the removable head to be detached from the fixed head. The removable head may include two razor blades. The protection strip is positioned above the two razor blades in the removable head. The two razor blades of the removable head may be positioned above the fixed razor blade of the fixed head. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150128424 | RAZOR CARTRIDGE GUARD STRUCTURE - A novel guard structure of a razor is shown including rows of elongated hard plastic protrusions having rounded (e.g., not sharp or pointed) tips arranged on a tip curved profile. The rounded valleys between the protrusions are also arranged on a curved profile which may be different than that of the tip curved profile. The valleys encompass an inner protrusion volume which increases going back to front end of the guard structure. Preferably, the front end volumes are larger than the back end inner protrusion volumes to assist in trapping and distributing having aid. In one embodiment having six protrusions, the inner protrusion volume between a second and third protrusion is the largest, while a volume between first and second protrusion is the second largest volume. The guard structure is disposed in front of the blades which are formed within the housing and may desirably extend past the front end of the housing. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160039103 | Shaving Razors And Shaving Cartridges - A shaving blade unit with a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of side edges extending between the front edge and the rear edge. The housing has at least one blade disposed between the front edge and the rear edge. The at least one blade has a cutting edge and a blade axis. A first aperture and a second aperture extend into the housing from the top surface. The first and second apertures are positioned in back of the cutting edges in a direction perpendicular to the cutting edge. A pair of spaced apart clips each clip having a leg received within the corresponding aperture of the housing. The clips retain the at least one blade within the housing. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160082611 | SHAVING RAZOR DEMONSTRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A shaving demonstration apparatus having a rotatable support surface. A drive unit is operatively connected to the rotatable support surface. A fixture is spaced apart from the rotatable support surface. A first shaving razor has a first handle mounted to the fixture. A first blade cartridge unit is mounted to an end of the first handle. The first blade cartridge unit contacts the rotatable support surface. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160121499 | INTEGRATED MULTIPLE RAZOR BLADE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An integrated multiple razor blade capable of effectively reducing skin damage caused by the blade, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The integrated multiple razor blade may include a frame portion and a razor blade portion. The frame portion has a predetermined length, and comprises a plurality of sections that are separated at a predetermined interval along one direction. The razor blade portion is formed integrally with the frame portion, and has a plurality of razor blades formed perpendicularly to the frame portion. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160129603 | SHAVING AID ADAPTOR FOR A SHAVING CARTRIDGE - An adaptor for a shaving cartridge, where the adaptor is provided with at least one shaving aid, and wherein the adaptor is slidably mountable on a shaving cartridge having one or more shaving blades, each of shaving blades being provided with a cutting edge. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160144519 | Razor with Pivoting Head - A shaving razor may include a handle, a head pivotally attached to the handle, the head may include a frame and a cover pivotally attached to the frame, and at least one separation member provided between the frame and the cover of the head. The at least one separation member may be movable relative to the frame and the cover of the head. A shaving razor may include a handle and a head pivotally attached to the handle. The head may be configured to receive at least two independently replaceable razor blades. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160167242 | RAZOR BLADE AND RAZOR CARTRIDGE USING THE SAME | 06-16-2016 |
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