Patents by Inventor Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr.

Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 6044542
    Abstract: A razor cartridge including a housing, blades mounted on said housing, and a metallic retaining clip that wraps around the housing and retains the blades on the housing, the housing including fulcrum portions extending outward beyond adjacent surface portions on two sides of the fulcrum portions, the clips having end portions that have been bent over the fulcrum portions beyond the elastic limit of the clips, the housing also having wedge portions making interference fits with the ends of the retaining clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr., Katherine Elizabeth Anderson
  • Patent number: 6035537
    Abstract: A razor cartridge including a housing, blades mounted on said housing, and a metallic retaining clip that wraps around the housing and retains the blades on the housing, the housing including fulcrum portions extending outward beyond adjacent surface portions on two sides of the fulcrum portions, the clips having end portions that have been bent over the fulcrum portions beyond the elastic limit of the clips, the housing also having wedge portions making interference fits with the ends of the retaining clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr., Katherine Elizabeth Anderson
  • Patent number: 6029354
    Abstract: A shaving system includes a replaceable shaving cartridge and a shaving razor handle. The replaceable shaving cartridge has a housing carrying blades, a guard, a cap, and a camming surface. The cartridge includes an interconnect member having a pivotal support structure that pivotally supports the housing and a base structure adapted to be removably and fixedly attached to the handle. A shaving razor handle has an elongated hand gripping structure and a cartridge support structure extending from an end of the hand gripping structure. The cartridge support structure has an extension with outer side surfaces that mate with inwardly directed surfaces of a recess on the cartridge and an end surface with an opening. The extension has an asymmetrical shape to ensure proper orientation. A spring-biased plunger is retained in the cartridge support structure and extends through the opening of the cartridge support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr., Donald Robert Chaulk, Joseph George Fucci, Stephen Cabot Metcalf, Robert Anthony Trotta, Charles Bridgham Worrick, III
  • Patent number: 6009624
    Abstract: A razor cartridge comprising a housing having an elongated blade receiving region defined between two side walls spaced from each other along parallel first axes and between a guard and a cap spaced from each other along parallel second axes that are transverse to the first axes, the housing also having blade-receiving slots in the side walls that face each other and extend along third axes that are transverse to both the first and second axes, and elongated blade members having blades with cutting edges that are parallel to the first axes and bent supports that extend downward from the blades and have support ends at the ends of the blade members that are mounted for movement in the slots along the third axes, the slots being defined by front stop portions and back stop portions of the housing on opposite sides of respective first and third axes, the front stop portions being located underneath the blades, the back stop portions being located along respective first axes outside of the front stop portions in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr., Stephen Cabot Metcalf, Vincent P. Walker, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5918369
    Abstract: A shaving system includes a replaceable shaving cartridge and a shaving razor handle. The replaceable shaving cartridge has a housing carrying blades, a guard, a cap, and a camming surface. The cartridge includes an interconnect member having a pivotal support structure that pivotally supports the housing and a base structure adapted to be removably and fixedly attached to the handle. A shaving razor handle has an elongated hand gripping structure and a cartridge support structure extending from an end of the hand gripping structure. The cartridge support structure has an extension with outer side surfaces that mate with inwardly directed surfaces of a recess on the cartridge and an end surface with an opening. The extension has an asymmetrical shape to ensure proper orientation. A spring-biased plunger is retained in the cartridge support structure and extends through the opening of the cartridge support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr., Donald Robert Chaulk, Joseph George Fucci, Stephen Cabot Metcalf, Robert Anthony Trotta, Charles Bridgham Worrick, III
  • Patent number: 5855071
    Abstract: A shaving system includes a replaceable shaving cartridge and a shaving razor handle. The replaceable shaving cartridge has a housing carrying blades, a guard, a cap, and a camming surface. The cartridge includes an interconnect member having a pivotal support structure that pivotally supports the housing and a base structure adapted to be removably and fixedly attached to the handle. A shaving razor handle has an elongated hand gripping structure and a cartridge support structure extending from an end of the hand gripping structure. The cartridge support structure has an extension with outer side surfaces that mate with inwardly directed surfaces of a recess on the cartridge and an end surface with an opening. The extension has an asymmetrical shape to ensure proper orientation. A spring-biased plunger is retained in the cartridge support structure and extends through the opening of the cartridge support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr., Donald Robert Chaulk, Joseph George Fucci, Stephen Cabot Metcalf, Robert Anthony Trotta, Charles Bridgham Worrick, III
  • Patent number: 5815924
    Abstract: A shaving system includes a replaceable shaving cartridge and a shaving razor handle. The replaceable shaving cartridge has a housing carrying blades, a guard, a cap, and a camming surface. The cartridge includes an interconnect member having a pivotal support structure that pivotally supports the housing and a base structure adapted to be removably and fixedly attached to the handle. A shaving razor handle has an elongated hand gripping structure and a cartridge support structure extending from an end of the hand gripping structure. The cartridge support structure has an extension with outer side surfaces that mate with inwardly directed surfaces of a recess on the cartridge and an end surface with an opening. The extension has an asymmetrical shape to ensure proper orientation. A spring-biased plunger is retained in the cartridge support structure and extends through the opening of the cartridge support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr., Donald Robert Chaulk, Joseph George Fucci, Stephen Cabot Metcalf, Robert Anthony Trotta, Charles Bridgham Worrick, III
  • Patent number: 5813293
    Abstract: A shaving system includes a replaceable shaving cartridge and a shaving razor handle. The replaceable shaving cartridge has a housing carrying blades, a guard, a cap, and a camming surface. The cartridge includes an interconnect member having a pivotal support structure that pivotally supports the housing and a base structure adapted to be removably and fixedly attached to the handle. A shaving razor handle has an elongated hand gripping structure and a cartridge support structure extending from an end of the hand gripping structure. The cartridge support structure has an extension with outer side surfaces that mate with inwardly directed surfaces of a recess on the cartridge and an end surface with an opening. The extension has an asymmetrical shape to ensure proper orientation. A spring-biased plunger is retained in the cartridge support structure and extends through the opening of the cartridge support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr., Donald Robert Chaulk, Joseph George Fucci, Stephen Cabot Metcalf, Robert Anthony Trotta, Charles Bridgham Worrick, III
  • Patent number: 5787586
    Abstract: A shaving system includes a replaceable shaving cartridge and a shaving razor handle. The replaceable shaving cartridge has a housing carrying blades, a guard, a cap, and a camming surface. The cartridge includes an interconnect member having a pivotal support structure that pivotally supports the housing and a base structure adapted to be removably and fixedly attached to the handle. A shaving razor handle has an elongated hand gripping structure and a cartridge support structure extending from an end of the hand gripping structure. The cartridge support structure has an extension with outer side surfaces that mate with inwardly directed surfaces of a recess on the cartridge and an end surface with an opening. The extension has an asymmetrical shape to ensure proper orientation. A spring-biased plunger is retained in the cartridge support structure and extends through the opening of the cartridge support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr., Donald Robert Chaulk, Joseph George Fucci, Stephen Cabot Metcalf, Robert Anthony Trotta, Charles Bridgham Worrick, III
  • Patent number: 5661907
    Abstract: A razor blade assembly for mounting on a handle via a pivotal connection, the assembly including a housing that carries three blade members, each having leading edges, and has a guard portion, a cap structure, and arcuate bearing surfaces below the blade carrying portion that pivotally engage shell bearing connections of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr.