Patents by Inventor Alexander Stephen Forti
Alexander Stephen Forti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11285630Abstract: A razor handle for a razor cartridge is provided. The handle comprises a head, a body, a cover layer, and a clip member. The head has a cartridge engaging end and an attachment end. The body has a front end and a rear end and comprises a first shell and a second shell that are releasably coupled together. The front end is coupled with the attachment end. The cover layer at least partially surrounds the body. The clip member is coupled with the first shell and the second shell at the rear end of the body such that the first and second shells are held together at least partially by the clip member. The clip member has a plurality of features which are coupled to a plurality of features on the body. These are retention features such as recesses or projections.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Hong Lu, Stephen Charles Witkus, Alexander Stephen Forti, Huibin Gong
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Patent number: 11130247Abstract: A handle for a razor cartridge is provided. The handle includes a body formed of a first material and defining a centerline, the body having a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end is coupled with the attachment end and wherein the body comprises a first shell and a second shell that are releasably coupled together. A cover layer formed of a second material at least partially overlies the body and surrounds entirely at least a portion of the body. The cover layer has a base surface having a plurality of projections extending therefrom. Each projection of the plurality of projections is interposed between a pair of immediately adjacent projections. Each projection defines a height where the height of each projection is greater than the height of one of the immediately adjacent projections and less than the height of the other immediately adjacent projection.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Hong Lu, Stephen Charles Witkus, Alexander Stephen Forti, Huibin Gong
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Patent number: 10940598Abstract: A method for assembling a razor handle is provided. The method includes installing a rod into a first shell of a body of a razor handle, installing an attachment end of a head onto a front end of the first shell, installing a clip member onto a rear end of the first shell, positioning a second shell adjacent to the first shell, compressing the first shell and the second shell together, and covering the first and second shell with a cover layer. The clip member includes retention features to facilitate coupling to the first and second shells. The cover layer can entirely surround the first and second shells, can be overmolded on both shells, and can be formed of thermoplastic elastomer with a durometer value of between about 15 and about 20. The thermoplastic elastomer is substantially translucent or less opaque than the first and second shell.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Hong Lu, Stephen Charles Witkus, Alexander Stephen Forti, Huibin Gong
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Patent number: 10414058Abstract: A novel handle for a razor cartridge is provided. The handle comprises a head having a cartridge engaging end and an attachment end, a body formed of a first material and defining a centerline, the body having a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end is coupled with the attachment end. A cover layer at least partially overlies the body and is formed of a second material. The cover layer comprises a base surface having a plurality of projections extending therefrom, wherein each projection of the plurality of projections has an upper surface that is substantially planar.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Hong Lu, Stephen Charles Witkus, Alexander Stephen Forti, Huibin Gong
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Patent number: 10226874Abstract: A handle for a razor cartridge is provided. The handle includes a head and the head has a cartridge engaging end configured to receive a razor cartridge, and an attachment end includes a stem, a pair of posts disposed on opposite sides of the stem, and at least one protrusion, the at least one protrusion being configured to interact with a handle body to facilitate attachment of the attachment end thereto. The stem defines a centerline and the protrusion extends away from the stem and the centerline. In an embodiment where the attachment end includes a pair of protrusions, one of the protrusions may be longer than the other protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Hong Lu, Stephen Charles Witkus, Alexander Stephen Forti, Huibin Gong
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Patent number: D814114Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D814116Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D824590Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D824591Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D824592Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D824593Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D824594Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D825106Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D827200Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Jack Anthony Washington, Neil Dustin Lettenberger, Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D828625Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser, Neil Dustin Lettenberger, Jack Anthony Washington
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Patent number: D828956Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Jack Anthony Washington, Shrikant Prasad Pattnaik, Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D833677Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D836248Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D836249Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser
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Patent number: D852418Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Jack Anthony Washington, Shrikant Prasad Pattnaik, Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Harold Johnson, Hong Lu, Vanessa Christie, Thomas Anthony Gernetzke, Michael David Tinstman, Benjamin Andrew Bangser