Abstract: A storage and display assembly with a base defining a cavity configured to receive a product. A lid is mounted to the base covering the cavity. A hang tag is mounted to the base. The hang tag has a first position with a first end of the hang tag engaging an inner surface of the lid securing the lid to the base and a second position with the first end of the hang tag is disengaged from the inner surface of the lid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 15, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
The Gillette Company LLC
Inventors:
Matthew James Helle, Sharika D. Anderson, Jiong Hui Li, Brian Patrick Watson, David John Haylings, Artur Wichowski, Bingxiao Wang
Abstract: A razor blade is provided comprising a substrate comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may comprise first and second generally parallel outer surfaces. The second portion may comprise first and second sections separated by a split line. The first section may comprise a first facet extending directly from the first outer surface of the first portion and an end facet extending directly from the first facet. The second section may comprise an end facet. The end facets of the first and second sections may converge at a tip to define a cutting edge. The split line may pass through the tip and is generally parallel with and extends between the first and second outer surfaces of the first portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 15, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 30, 2024
Assignee:
The Gillette Company LLC
Inventors:
Bin Shen, Yongqing Ju, Kenneth James Skrobis, William Owen Jolley, Thorsten Knobloch
Abstract: A handle. The handle can include a body and a pivoting head pivotally coupled with the main body at a pivot axis. The pivoting head can include at least two mating parts defining an interior channel. A pivot spring can include a first coil spring and a second coil spring and a main bar portion that is at least partially disposed in the interior channel and interacts with the pivoting head to bias the pivoting head into a rest position. The main bar portion also can couple the first and second coil springs together in a spaced.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2024
Assignee:
The Gillette Company LLC
Inventors:
Marco Fontecchio, Patrick Francis McNally, Zachary Oliver Veugen, Michael Tejpaul Verasamy
Abstract: A method of joining a razor blade to a blade support to form a razor blade assembly, the method including: directing a laser beam having an adjustable power output at an upper surface of the razor blade; and while advancing the laser beam along the razor blade: a) applying the laser beam at a first power output to the razor blade; b) reducing the first power output of the laser beam to a second power output; and c) applying the laser beam at the second power output to the razor to form a weld area joining the razor blade to the blade support. The weld area may be elongated and may include (i) a ratio of depth:width that is greater than about 2:1, and/or (ii) a ratio of length:width that is greater than about 5:1.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2024
Assignee:
The Gillette Company LLC
Inventors:
Michel Denis Hamelin, Craig Stephen Vickery
Abstract: A method of molding a personal care product, a manifold, and a cosmetic product molding apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, the method of molding a personal care product comprises: moving a material through a temperature controlled manifold, opening one or more injection valves between the temperature controlled manifold and one or more mold cavities, injecting the material at a controlled pressure into the one or mold cavities in a closed position to form one or more articles, closing the one or more injection valves between the temperature controlled manifold and one or more mold cavities after injecting the material into the one or more mold cavities, opening the one or more mold cavities, and removing the one or more articles from the one or more mold cavities.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 19, 2024
Assignee:
The Gillette Company LLC
Inventors:
Michael John Moloney, Robert Cardillo, Charles Thaxter, Sr.
Inventors:
Michael Tejpaul Verasamy, Ashok Bakul Patel, Michael Hal Bruno, Jack Anthony Washington, Matthew Michael Long, Zachary Oliver Veugen, Robert Harold Johnson, Jessy Lee Cusack