Patents by Inventor Stephen Leonard Rawle

Stephen Leonard Rawle 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: 8544177
    Abstract: A shaving blade unit comprising a shaving cartridge having a rearwardly secured shaving blade member wherein the cartridge comprises a) a housing having a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending between the front and rear walls; b) a shaving blade member disposed within said walls of the housing and wherein the blade member has a cutting edge that faces a front surface of said housing; c) a resilient member disposed rearward of the shaving blade member and that is secured by a shaving blade member retainer; and wherein the resilient member provides a forward biasing force to the shaving blade member and wherein the shaving blade member exhibits a springing motion during a shaving stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Stephen Leonard Rawle, Russell Stuart Avens
  • Patent number: 8286354
    Abstract: A shaving blade unit having a housing with a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of side edges extending between the front edge and the rear edge. The housing has a pair of apertures between the front edge and the rear edge. The pair of apertures extend through the housing from the top surface to the bottom surface. One or more shaving blades are disposed between the front edge and the rear edge. The one or more shaving blades each have a cutting edge. A clip has a pair of legs that extend through the pair of apertures. Each leg is bent about at least a portion of the bottom surface of the housing securing the clip to the housing and retaining the blades on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Vincent Paul Walker, Jr., Corey Edward Corbeil, Stephen Leonard Rawle
  • Patent number: 8234789
    Abstract: A shaving blade unit comprising a shaving cartridge having a floatably secured shaving blade member wherein said cartridge comprises: a) a housing with a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending between said front and rear walls; b) said shaving blade member having opposing ends with a shoulder at each end and wherein said shoulder rests along said side wall and wherein a cutting edge of said shaving blade member is facing a front surface of said housing; c) a resilient member disposed rearward of said shaving blade member and that is secured by a shaving blade member retainer; and wherein said resilient member provides a forward biasing force to said shaving blade member such that said contact between said shoulder and said side wall is at least maintained when said unit is removed from a skin surface during shaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Russell Stuart Avens, Stephen Leonard Rawle
  • Publication number: 20120110857
    Abstract: A wet shaving razor cartridge has a housing, a primary blade and a final blade. The primary blade is located at a front end of the cartridge and the final blade is located at a rear end of the cartridge. The primary and final blades have blade edges that extend in parallel to a length of the housing. An angle ?p between the primary blade and a blade plane is greater than an angle ?f between the final blade and the blade plane. The blade plane is tangential to the primary blade edge and the final blade edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Mark PETERSON, Stephen Leonard RAWLE, Trevor John WHELAN
  • Patent number: 7739797
    Abstract: A shaving razor having a housing. The housing includes a plurality of shaving blades and a separate trimming blade. The trimming blade has a trimming blade edge. A trimming blade alignment member is provided on the housing for aligning the trimming blade edge which is visually concealed by said housing on a user's skin for accurate shaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Stephen Leonard Rawle
  • Publication number: 20100101093
    Abstract: A shaving blade unit comprising a shaving cartridge having a floatably secured shaving blade member wherein said cartridge comprises: a) a housing with a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending between said front and rear walls; b) said shaving blade member having opposing ends with a shoulder at each end and wherein said shoulder rests along said side wall and wherein a cutting edge of said shaving blade member is facing a front surface of said housing; c) a resilient member disposed rearward of said shaving blade member and that is secured by a shaving blade member retainer; and wherein said resilient member provides a forward biasing force to said shaving blade member such that said contact between said shoulder and said side wall is at least maintained when said unit is removed from a skin surface during shaving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Russell Stuart Avens, Stephen Leonard Rawle
  • Publication number: 20090205207
    Abstract: A shaving razor having a housing. The housing includes a plurality of shaving blades and a separate trimming blade. The trimming blade has a trimming blade edge. A trimming blade alignment member is provided on the housing for aligning the trimming blade edge which is visually concealed by said housing on a user's skin for accurate shaving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventor: Stephen Leonard Rawle
  • Patent number: 7540087
    Abstract: A shaving razor having a housing. The housing includes a plurality of shaving blades and a separate trimming blade. The trimming blade has a trimming blade edge. A trimming blade alignment member is provided on the housing for aligning the trimming blade edge which is visually concealed by said housing on a user's skin for accurate shaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Stephen Leonard Rawle
  • Publication number: 20090113717
    Abstract: A shaving blade unit comprising a shaving cartridge having a rearwardly secured shaving blade member wherein the cartridge comprises a) a housing having a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending between the front and rear walls; b) a shaving blade member disposed within said walls of the housing and wherein the blade member has a cutting edge that faces a front surface of said housing; c) a resilient member disposed rearward of the shaving blade member and that is secured by a shaving blade member retainer; and wherein the resilient member provides a forward biasing force to the shaving blade member and wherein the shaving blade member exhibits a springing motion during a shaving stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventor: Stephen Leonard Rawle
  • Publication number: 20080010833
    Abstract: A shaving razor having a housing. The housing includes a plurality of shaving blades and a separate trimming blade. The trimming blade has a trimming blade edge. A trimming blade alignment member is provided on the housing for aligning the trimming blade edge which is visually concealed by said housing on a user's skin for accurate shaving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen Leonard Rawle
  • Patent number: 5867907
    Abstract: A shaving system including a handle, a container and a plurality of blade cartridges accommodated in the container. The handle is selectively engageable and disengageable with said cartridges. A guide is provided to enable the handle to pass over a plurality of cartridges in a row in the container and to engage only the last cartridge in the row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: John Charles Terry, Frank Edward Brown, Stephen Leonard Rawle
  • Patent number: D575454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Andrew Russell Keene, Stephen Leonard Rawle