Patents by Inventor Michael Hal Bruno

Michael Hal Bruno 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).

  • Publication number: 20260108040
    Abstract: A shaving cartridge dispenser with a base, two side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall. The side walls extend upwards from the base. The front and the rear walls extend upward from the base, between the side walls. A first divider between the front wall and the rear wall extends at least part way between the two side walls. The first divider and the rear wall at least partially define a first chamber sized and shaped to receive a first shaving cartridge. The first divider defines a first open slot. A second divider is located between the first divider and the front wall and extends at least part way between the two side walls. The second divider and the first divider at least partially define a second chamber sized and shaped to receive a second shaving cartridge. The first chamber is in communication with the first open slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Hal Bruno, Brianna Rose Derooy, Kyra Cecelia Post, Brian Patrick Watson
  • Publication number: 20250153378
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a shaving razor system. The razor system has a handle and a razor cartridge. The handle has at least one skin interconnect member in pivotal relation to a proximal end portion of the handle. The razor cartridge has a housing, at least one blade, and at least one opening which extends through the housing. The razor cartridge is engaged with the skin interconnect member when the skin interconnect member is disposed within the opening securing the razor cartridge to the proximal end portion of the handle. The razor cartridge is in a pivotal relation with the handle, but not with the skin interconnect member. A pivot point of the razor system is desirably disposed near the front blade of the cartridge. Axes of movement in the razor system can be provided by different physical order of connections of razor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Ashok Bakul Patel, Robert Harold Johnson, Jack Anthony Washington, Michael Hal Bruno
  • Patent number: 12122059
    Abstract: Razor handles with integrated spring elements and/or methods of fabricating the same. In one example, a handle for a razor can comprise a head portion and a spring element having a distal end and a proximal end that longitudinally opposes the distal end to define an arc length of the spring element. The head portion can facilitate coupling razor cartridges in pivotal relation with the handle. The spring element can extend integrally from the head portion at the proximal end. The spring element can deflect as an abutment surface on the distal end travels in sliding engagement with a cam surface of a razor cartridge to an end point of the cam surface while exerting progressively increasing return torque as the razor cartridge rotates about a front pivot axis from a neutral position. The end point can fall proximal to a rear edge of the razor cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hal Bruno, Jeffrey Michael Mitrou, Michael Sullivan, Matthew Michael Long
  • Publication number: 20240066733
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a shaving razor system. The razor system has a handle and a razor cartridge. The handle has at least one skin interconnect member in pivotal relation to a proximal end portion of the handle. The razor cartridge has a housing, at least one blade, and at least one opening which extends through the housing. The razor cartridge is engaged with the skin interconnect member when the skin interconnect member is disposed within the opening securing the razor cartridge to the proximal end portion of the handle. The razor cartridge is in a pivotal relation with the handle, but not with the skin interconnect member. A pivot point of the razor system is desirably disposed near the front blade of the cartridge. Axes of movement in the razor system can be provided by different physical order of connections of razor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ashok Bakul Patel, Robert Harold Johnson, Jack Anthony Washington, Michael Hal Bruno
  • Publication number: 20220379509
    Abstract: Razor handles with integrated spring elements and/or methods of fabricating the same. In one example, a handle for a razor can comprise a head portion and a spring element having a distal end and a proximal end that longitudinally opposes the distal end to define an arc length of the spring element. The head portion can facilitate coupling razor cartridges in pivotal relation with the handle. The spring element can extend integrally from the head portion at the proximal end. The spring element can deflect as an abutment surface on the distal end travels in sliding engagement with a cam surface of a razor cartridge to an end point of the cam surface while exerting progressively increasing return torque as the razor cartridge rotates about a front pivot axis from a neutral position. The end point can fall proximal to a rear edge of the razor cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Hal Bruno, Jeffrey Michael Mitrou, Michael Sullivan, Matthew Michael Long
  • Patent number: 10864646
    Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge includes a housing and at least one razor blade. The housing extends between a front end and a rear end. The housing includes a blade support portion and a handle interface portion. The blade support portion is positioned between the front end and the rear end and includes a cap and a guard. The guard is spaced from the cap and cooperates with the cap to define a shaving plane. The handle interface portion is positioned between the front end and the rear end and includes a rear wall, a front wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The rear wall includes a lower surface and an interior surface. The front wall includes a lower surface and an interior surface and is spaced from the rear wall. The at least one razor blade is disposed in the blade support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Michael Long, Ashok Bakul Patel, Michael Hal Bruno
  • Patent number: 10773407
    Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge includes a housing and at least one razor blade. The housing extends between a front and rear end and defines an overall width. The housing includes a blade support portion and a housing portion. The blade support portion is positioned between the front and rear ends and includes a cap and a guard spaced from the cap. The handle interface portion is positioned between the front and rear ends and includes a front and rear wall. The front wall includes lower and interior surfaces. The rear wall includes a lower surface, a central portion, a first distal portion, and a second distal portion. The central, first distal and second portions each include respective interior surfaces. The at least one razor blade is disposed in the blade support portion. Each of the first distal portion and the second distal portion extends from the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Jack Anthony Washington, Matthew Michael Long, Zachary Oliver Veugen, Ashok Bakul Patel, Michael Hal Bruno
  • Publication number: 20190299455
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a shaving razor system. The razor system has a handle and a razor cartridge. The handle has at least one skin interconnect member in pivotal relation to a proximal end portion of the handle. The razor cartridge has a housing, at least one blade, and at least one opening which extends through the housing. The razor cartridge is engaged with the skin interconnect member when the skin interconnect member is disposed within the opening securing the razor cartridge to the proximal end portion of the handle. The razor cartridge is in a pivotal relation with the handle, but not with the skin interconnect member. A pivot point of the razor system is desirably disposed near the front blade of the cartridge. Axes of movement in the razor system can be provided by different physical order of connections of razor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ashok Bakul Patel, Robert Harold Johnson, Jack Anthony Washington, Michael Hal Bruno
  • Publication number: 20190299451
    Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge includes a housing and at least one razor blade. The housing extends between a front end and a rear end. The housing includes a blade support portion and a handle interface portion. The blade support portion is positioned between the front end and the rear end and includes a cap and a guard. The guard is spaced from the cap and cooperates with the cap to define a shaving plane. The handle interface portion is positioned between the front end and the rear end and includes a rear wall, a front wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The rear wall includes a lower surface and an interior surface. The front wall includes a lower surface and an interior surface and is spaced from the rear wall. The at least one razor blade is disposed in the blade support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Michael Long, Ashok Bakul Patel, Michael Hal Bruno
  • Publication number: 20190299459
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a shaving razor system. The razor system has a handle and a razor cartridge. The handle has at least one skin interconnect member in pivotal relation to a proximal end portion of the handle. The razor cartridge has a housing, at least one blade, and at least one opening which extends through the housing. The razor cartridge is engaged with the skin interconnect member when the skin interconnect member is disposed within the opening securing the razor cartridge to the proximal end portion of the handle. The razor cartridge is in a pivotal relation with the handle, but not with the skin interconnect member. A pivot point of the razor system is desirably disposed near the front blade of the cartridge. Axes of movement in the razor system can be provided by different physical order of connections of razor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ashok Bakul Patel, Robert Harold Johnson, Jack Anthony Washington, Michael Hal Bruno
  • Publication number: 20190299462
    Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge includes a housing and at least one razor blade. The housing extends between a front and rear end and defines an overall width. The housing includes a blade support portion and a housing portion. The blade support portion is positioned between the front and rear ends and includes a cap and a guard spaced from the cap. The handle interface portion is positioned between the front and rear ends and includes a front and rear wall. The front wall includes lower and interior surfaces. The rear wall includes a lower surface, a central portion, a first distal portion, and a second distal portion. The central, first distal and second portions each include respective interior surfaces. The at least one razor blade is disposed in the blade support portion. Each of the first distal portion and the second distal portion extends from the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Jack Anthony Washington, Matthew Michael Long, Zachary Oliver Veugen, Ashok Bakul Patel, Michael Hal Bruno
  • Publication number: 20190299454
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a shaving razor system. The razor system has a handle and a razor cartridge. The handle has at least one skin interconnect member in pivotal relation to a proximal end portion of the handle. The razor cartridge has a housing, at least one blade, and at least one opening which extends through the housing. The razor cartridge is engaged with the skin interconnect member when the skin interconnect member is disposed within the opening securing the razor cartridge to the proximal end portion of the handle. The razor cartridge is in a pivotal relation with the handle, but not with the skin interconnect member. A pivot point of the razor system is desirably disposed near the front blade of the cartridge. Axes of movement in the razor system can be provided by different physical order of connections of razor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ashok Bakul Patel, Robert Harold Johnson, Jack Anthony Washington, Michael Hal Bruno
  • Patent number: 10391652
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Michael Hal Bruno
  • Publication number: 20180311844
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Hal Bruno
  • Patent number: D874061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael Tejpaul Verasamy, Ashok Bakul Patel, Michael Hal Bruno, Jack Anthony Washington
  • Patent number: D965221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    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
  • Patent number: D1014847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Michael Long, Michael Sullivan, Jeffrey Michael Mitrou, Michael Hal Bruno, Jonathon Albert Riehle, Rory Frederick Wellington McGarry
  • Patent number: D1021248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    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
  • Patent number: D1042958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hal Bruno, Matthew Michael Long, Michael Sullivan, Jeffrey Michael Mitrou, Jonathon Albert Riehle, Rory Frederick Wellington McGarry
  • Patent number: D1046290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Mitrou, Michael Hal Bruno, Michael Sullivan, Matthew Michael Long