Patents by Inventor Oliver D. Oglesby

Oliver D. Oglesby 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).

  • Razors
    Patent number: 5416973
    Abstract: A safety razor blade unit has cap structure with upstanding fin elements directed perpendicular to the blade edges to define a cap surface featuring low frictional resistance characteristics during shaving. The fin elements are spaced at a pitch distance of 0.3 to 0.7 millimeter, are 0.3 to 1.0 millimeter in height and are substantially triangular in cross-section with an aspect ratio of 2:1 to 4:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Frank E. Brown, Alan Crook, Oliver D. Oglesby, Brian Oldroyd
  • Safety razors and guards
    Patent number: 5191712
    Abstract: A razor head or cartridge is provided on its skin engaging surfaces, e.g. caps and/or guard surfaces with an array of closely spaced projections which, in use, produce a pleasant tactile sensation tending to reduce shaving discomfort.The projections may be formed by closely packed flexible filaments, or by moulded fins or pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Alan Crook, Oliver D. Oglesby, Brian Oldroyd
  • Flexible safety razors
    Patent number: 4964214
    Abstract: A safety razor comprises one or more blade members presenting a plurality of cutting edges, and a holder of readily deformable material surrounding the blade member (or members). The edges being displaceable, relative to each other, to follow local deformation of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Norman C. Welsh, Oliver D. Oglesby