Abstract: Disclosed herein are packagings for cutting blades, multiple packagings connected to each other, methods for using and producing such packagings, and a method for packaging cutting blades in such packagings. One such packaging comprises a substantially flat base and cover layer made of a first and a second packaging material respectively, a blade receptacle between the two layers, and a cover of the blade receptacle formed in the cover layer. The first and second packaging material are made primarily of cardboard. The packaging materials each have a first and a second rigidity in corresponding primary directions, wherein a cutting edge of a blade is disposed in the packaging parallel to at least one of the primary directions. A multiple packaging made of such individual packagings with a separation region between two individual packagings comprises a planned parting line in a layer and a hinge line in the other layer.

Abstract: A blade disposal container is provided. The blade disposal container includes a housing including an upper end, a base, a first sidewall opposing a second sidewall, a rear wall, and an open front face including a perimeter edge. A slot disposed on the upper end extends through the upper end and into the interior volume and is configured to receive a utility blade therethrough. A channel disposed adjacent the perimeter edge of the open front face enables a shield to slidably retract and extend over the open front face. A magnetic member removably attachable to the base fastens the shield over the open front face and is configured to draw the utility blade into the interior volume and magnetically adhere the blade against the base via its magnetic field.

Abstract: A unique and fanciful packaging assembly consists of at least one safety razor having a disc-like handle and an attached, generally tangential blade-holding head, the razor or razors being arranged in various combinations, and with optional enhancements, so as to simulate a face.

Abstract: A container that retains a razor blade cartridge within the container with a handle attached to the razor blade cartridge with the handle partially within the container and partially extending out of the container. The container is a spring biased container to keep it closed and it is necessary to provide a force that overcomes the spring force and open the container so that the handle and attached razor blade cartridge can be removed from the container which then snaps shut due to the closing spring force, the safety razor with razor blade cartridge and handle are ready for immediate use. Antiseptic and/or desiccant can be retained in the container.

Abstract: A container that retains a razor blade cartridge within the container with a handle attached to the razor blade cartridge with the handle partially within the container and partially extending out of the container. The container is a spring biased container to keep it closed and it is necessary to provide a force that overcomes the spring force and open the container so that the handle and attached razor blade cartridge can be removed from the container which then snaps shut due to the closing spring force, the safety razor with razor blade cartridge and handle are ready for immediate use.

Abstract: A razor cartridge dispenser including a unitarily molded member having compartments in horizontal sequence and a reopenable package member covering the molded member. The individual compartments include a blade portion cavity, a connection portion cavity and a cammed latch on a flexible arm. The blade portion cavity has an upper opening, bottom, top and front walls, a closed side wall and an open side wall. The top and bottom walls are substantially parallel, with the front wall at a right angle thereto, and extend in the direction of the upper opening at an angle to the horizontal disposition of the compartments. The connection portion cavity has top and bottom openings, forward and rearward walls, a closed side wall and an open side wall, where the bottom opening cooperates with the upper opening of the blade portion cavity. The package member includes a reclosable flap to access the compartments.

Abstract: A disposable razor package having a plurality of shaving razors each with a proximal end portion with a cartridge and a distal end portion. A tub is provided having a generally level bottom surface defined by a perimeter wall dimensioned to receive the plurality of shaving razors. At least one of the shaving razors contacts the bottom surface of the tub. A plurality of retaining members project from the bottom surface of the tub. At least one of the retaining members has a top surface with notch that engages at least one of the cartridges.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a display package that, in one embodiment, comprises a plurality of packs containing one or more products and a sleeve. The primary packs are arranged in a bundle and disposed within the sleeve. A separator panel can be included in certain embodiments of the bundle between the packs. Portions of the packs may protrude through apertures in the front and rear panels of the sleeve and apertures within the separator panel to assist with maintaining the bundle within the sleeve.

Abstract: A novel razor cartridge package for storing razor cartridges is disclosed where the package comprises at least one sensory element incorporated onto an exterior surface of the cartridge package. The sensory elements include stimuli to one or more senses: visual, touch, olfactory, auditory, taste, and combinations thereof. The exterior package sensory elements or stimuli may correspond to characteristics and/or indicia of use of the razor cartridges and thus assist in communicating these characteristics and/or uses of the razor cartridge to a user to enhance or improve the shaving experience.

Abstract: A novel razor cartridge package suitable for protectively storing a razor cartridge is disclosed. The package includes two or more connected containers with individual covers for covering the top perimeter of each container. The covers may be plastic, flexible and adhesively sealed to the container such that a user can peel the cover sheet back to open and access an individual razor cartridge. The individual covers and/or tabs coupled to the covers are arranged in an overlapping manner so as to direct the consumer to remove the covers in a predetermined sequence.

Abstract: A novel razor cartridge package suitable for protectively storing a razor cartridge is disclosed. The package includes two or more connected containers with a cover for covering the top perimeter of each container. The cover may be plastic, flexible and adhesively sealed to the container such that a user can peel the sheet back to open and access an individual razor cartridge. It may also be resealable. The covers may have a cover sheet separability line (e.g., perforations) between them to allow for easy peeling. The connected containers may or may not be removable from one another and if removable, may be secured together via a container separability line, allowing a user to pull off one container, having one cartridge inside, from the package at a time. The container and cover sheet separability lines may be aligned and may or may not be formed at the same time.

Abstract: A utility knife has a receiving cavity which opens through the body. A cartridge comprising a magazine of blades is removably insertable into the receiving cavity. A carrier within the body is manually operable for receiving a blade from the cartridge and positioning the blade for extension through the opening to present a cutting edge. The cartridge may be released from the utility knife body by depressing a button and withdrawing the cartridge. The cartridge is releasably held in place within the knife body and releasable when the blade carrier is in its retracted position and the release button is depressed. When the thumb button moves the blade carrier into its extended position to expose the knife blade, the cartridge is rendered unreleaseable even if the release button is depressed.

Abstract: A disposable package is provided having a tub with a generally level bottom surface and a first shaving razor and a second shaving razor disposed within the tub. The first and second shaving razors each have a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A first retaining member projects from the bottom surface and has first and second surfaces. The second surface of the first retaining member engages the distal end portion of the second shaving razor and the first surface of the first retaining member engages the proximal end portion of the first shaving razor.

Abstract: A disposable razor package having a plurality of shaving razors each with a proximal end portion with a cartridge and a distal end portion. A tub is provided having a generally level bottom surface defined by a perimeter wall dimensioned to receive the plurality of shaving razors. At least one of the shaving razors contacts the bottom surface of the tub. A plurality of retaining members project from the bottom surface of the tub. At least one of the retaining members has a top surface with notch that engages at least one of the cartridges.

Abstract: A disposable package is provided having a tub with a generally level bottom surface and a first shaving razor and a second shaving razor disposed within the tub. The first and second shaving razors each have a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A first retaining member projects from the bottom surface and has first and second surfaces. The second surface of the first retaining member engages the distal end portion of the second shaving razor and the first surface of the first retaining member engages the proximal end portion of the first shaving razor.

Abstract: A hand-held cutter with automatic blade changer which has a casing, short blades each with an aperture, a pushbutton and a plug, and the casing is composed of an outer casing, a fixed blade holder and a retractable blade holder; and it further has a blade changer which is divided into a blade unloading chamber and a blade loading chamber. The present invention has the advantages of being simple in construction and convenient to use, and allowing the users to change and dispose of the blades without touching them, thereby effectively protecting personal safety.

Abstract: A novel razor package suitable for protectively storing a razor with a cartridge and adjoining handle is disclosed. The package includes at least one container with upper and lower portions. The upper portion includes a cartridge-receiving recess and the lower portion includes a handle-receiving recess. A cover sheet covers the container's top perimeter and is sealed to the container such that a user can peel it back to open and access the razor. With two or more containers in the razor package the cover sheets may have a sheet separability line area (e.g., perforations) between them to allow for easy peeling. Additionally, these containers may be secured together via a container separability line area, allowing a user to also pull off one container from the package at a time. The container and sheet separability line areas may be aligned and may or may not be formed at the same time.

Abstract: A blister pack assembly includes a backing card comprising a first opening therethrough; a blister pack releasably secured to the backing card and comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion are connected via a living hinge, the living hinge enabling the first portion and the second portion to be pivoted between open and closed positions; the first and the second portions defining a storage space therebetween when in the closed position, at least one interengaging, reusable securement to enable the first and the second portions to be releasably secured in the closed position, and a non-reusable securement that secure the first and the second portion to one another through the first opening in the backing card; wherein after the non-reusable securement is released, the blister pack can be removed from the backing card.

Abstract: A holder for holding a plurality of blades, where one embodiment of the holder includes a base portion, a main body and an openable cover portion. The main body is preferably configured and arranged to be removably attached to the base portion. There are a plurality of cells defined within the main body, with each cell configured and arranged to hold at least one blade on a seating portion, wherein the seating portion defines a blade seating plane. Additionally, the openable cover portion is preferably configured and arranged to be removably attached to the main body. Preferably, the base portion is separate from the main body, and these components are preferably configured to enable the holder to either be attached to a wall or seated on a horizontal surface.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a dispenser for one or more razor cartridges includes a base, two side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, a first divider, a second divider, a cover, and a side spring. The first divider is located between the front wall and the rear wall. The second divider is located between the first divider and the front wall, forming a chamber between the second divider and the first divider. The chamber is sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of a razor cartridge. The cover extends partially over the chamber between the first divider and second divider, and is sized to provide an opening through which the razor cartridge can be inserted into the chamber. The side spring extends widthwise into the chamber. The cover and the side spring frictionally engage the razor cartridge when inserted into the chamber.

Abstract: A surgical blade package facilitates the mounting of a surgical blade on to the forwardly-projecting cleat on a scalpel handle; and following use in the O.R., the surgical blade package facilitates stripping the used blade off the scalpel for disposal in a sharps container. The cleat is inserted beneath the rear end portion of the blade, and between the blade and the bottom wall of the blade package; and forward and upward movement of the scalpel snaps the blade on to the scalpel in a continuous movement. The opposite procedure is used to demount the used blade from the scalpel and encase it in the original blade package for disposal in a sharps container.

Abstract: A razor blade holder can attach to structure at a site in order to provide blade storage and accessibility. The holder has a receptacle sized to hold at least one razor blade and to keep exposed and accessible an upper edge thereof. The receptacle has a back panel adapted to be attached to the structure.

Abstract: A wall mountable razor cleaning device including a pad portion mounted on a rear panel. The pad portion includes a textured forward surface. The textured forward surface is capable of removing hair from a razor blade.

Abstract: A wall mountable razor cleaning device including a pad portion mounted on a rear panel. The pad portion includes a textured forward surface. The textured forward surface is capable of removing hair from a razor blade.

Abstract: An interlocking shim system having interlocking grooves and teeth. The interlocking shim does not require extraneous tools for the process of installation. The system also includes magnets for placing a shim pack in an uneven environment. Since the interlocking shims can be attached to each other through the interlocking groove members the user can manipulate a connected shim pack, by removing the first interlocking shim. There is also a magnet system in the present invention for aligning the bottom shim in mechanical applications without having to scribe the position for correct placement. The shims interlock for easy removal of shim packs.

Abstract: A wall mountable razor cleaning device including a pad portion mounted on a rear panel. The pad portion includes a textured forward surface. The textured forward surface is capable of removing hair from a razor blade.

Abstract: A container has an internal cavity for receiving knife blades lying side by side in a stack, the internal cavity being capable of being reduced in size by a slide member which is preferably displaceable in only one direction. In this way the blades are located in position however full the container is, and damage to the cutting edges by movement or slipping in the package is avoided. Furthermore a method is proposed by which first the blade which lies against the slide is extracted from the stack and then the slide member is urged against the stack of blades.

Abstract: A blade disposal apparatus includes a blade disposal unit and a holder unit. The blade disposal unit is formed with a slot sized to receive a razor blade and with a vertical channel and horizontal grooves which allow the blade disposal unit to be readily secured to a variety of different objects using ties. The blade disposal unit is also ergonomically shaped with curved corner portions which also make it safer. The blade disposal unit is formed with visible indicia, such as instructions for using the apparatus and/or safety information, which cannot readily be removed, obliterated or tampered with. For example, the visible indicia are formed from raised and/or sunken portions of the blade disposal unit. The holder unit includes a main compartment sized to receive the blade disposal unit. The holder unit is formed such that the visible indicia are exposed (i.e., visible) when the blade disposal unit is inserted into the holder unit.

Abstract: A receptacle for the safe storage and disposal of used cutting blades, the receptacle being configured as a closed receptacle having an insert slot at opposite ends for the insertion of the used cutting blades into the receptacle. Each insert slot includes an angled guide for guiding the used cutting blade toward the insert slot. Interiorly, the angled guides act as detents inside the closed receptacle to inhibit the inadvertent dislodgement of the used cutting blade outwardly through the adjacent insert slot. The top wall of the receptacle is angled inwardly into the receptacle to serve as a deflector to prevent a used cutting blade from passing directly from one insert slot to the other insert slot. The receptacle is configured to be belt mounted or to be releasably secured to a toolbox, wall, or the like. The receptacle is also configured to be readily disposable when filled with used cutting blades.

Abstract: A protective casing for a shaving head has a hollow structure for receiving the shaving head. The hollow structure has a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall, and means for engaging the shaving head therein. The protective casing includes at least one projection on the outer surface of the first side wall and one or more projections on the outer surface of the second side wall. The projections on the second side wall form a space for interconnectingly receiving an element having the same shape as said at least one projection on the first side wall, whereby a plurality of protective casings may be interconnected.

Abstract: Blade replacement devices for shaving systems which have at least one blade removably connected to a blade support. The blade replacement devices of the present invention advantageously comprise means for receiving a used blade as it is removed from a razor.

Abstract: A surgical blade package includes a molded piece and a surgical blade mechanically restrained thereon, forming a subassembly, and this subassembly is received within a pouch. The pouch includes a base opaque paper and an upper transparent plastic "blister" sealed together. The method of manufacturing the surgical blade package includes the steps of providing a molded piece and a surgical blade, attaching the surgical blade onto the molded piece, such that the surgical blade is restrained mechanically, providing a pouch or other container receiving the molded piece and the surgical blade attached thereto, sealing the container, and sterilizing the container with the surgical blade and molded piece therein.

Abstract: A blade package for a surgical scalpel includes a base supporting a blade and retaining the blade against movement in the package, thereby preventing inadvertent dulling of the blade, and a thin film is bonded to the base and covers the blade. This film has a tab for rupturing the film and tearing it away from the base, thereby exposing the blade for subsequent mounting on to the scalpel handle. Preferably, the film is transparent, so that the blade is visible within the blade package.

Abstract: A blade package assembly assures that a blade may be mounted on a surgical scalpel easily, conveniently and safely during a surgical procedure in an operating room. The assembly includes a base and a pivoted cover. The base supports a blade, and the cover at least partially encloses the blade. A pin on the base is received in a hole in the blade, and a ledge on the base supports the rear end portion of the blade. The scalpel has a forwardly-extending cleat received in a slot on the blade, and the scalpel with the blade mounted thereon may be lifted up and away to clear the package.

Abstract: A one piece receptacle for retaining and dispensing a plurality of razor blade cartridges has a plurality of cavities formed therein. Each of the cavities has structural elements disposed within the cavity for retaining a blade cartridge therein in spaced relation with the wall structure forming the respective cavity.

Abstract: A sterile blade dispenser facilitates removal of dulled used blades, as well as the mounting of sharp unused blades, on a scalpel during a surgical procedure being conducted in an operating room or similar environment. Preferably, the scalpel has a sliding retractable guard, and the combination of the guarded scalpel and the blade dispenser precludes inadvertent cuts or nicks during the surgical procedure.

Abstract: A blade package assembly assures that a blade may be mounted on a surgical scalpel easily, conveniently and safely during a surgical procedure in an operating room. The assembly includes a base and a pivoted cover. The base supports a blade, and the cover at least partially encloses the blade. A pin on the base is received in a hole in the blade, and a ledge on the base supports the rear end portion of the blade. The scalpel has a forwardly-extending cleat received in a slot on the blade, and the scalpel with the blade mounted thereon may be lifted up and away to clear the package.

Abstract: A steam-autoclavable, surgical instrument sterilization case with built-in use counters. The case includes a container with a tray having sets of standoff holders for surgical instruments, a lid for covering the container and built-in counters associated with the standoffs for recording usage of the surgical instruments.

Abstract: A sterile blade dispenser facilitates removal of dulled used blades, as well as the mounting of sharp unused blades, on a scalpel during a surgical procedure being conducted in an operating room or similar environment. Preferably, the scalpel has a sliding retractable guard, and the combination of the guarded scalpel and the blade dispenser precludes inadvertent cuts or nicks during the surgical procedure.

Abstract: A spare blade storage case for barbers' razors of the type which hold replaceable blades. The spare blades are held laterally in the case which allows the blades to be taken out from the case by a direct upwardly motion. There are provided storage spaces for individual spare blades, each of the storage spaces being defined by a pair of sidewalls which rise from a bottom of the case and are yieldable away from the spare blade as this spare blade is inserted into this space. The sidewalls are provided on their inner surfaces with projections engageable with upper sides of ridges formed on both sides of each spare blade. One end wall of the case is opened so as to expose at least one end portion of the spare blades extending above the ridges thereof.

Abstract: A razor holder having an automatic shave counter responsive to each use of a razor. The razor holder includes a delay circuit to permit short term use of a razor without advancing the counter.

Abstract: A package for displaying a plurality of safety razors is provided which includes opposed front and rear panels articulated to one another to define an enclosure. Each of the opposed front and rear panels has an elongated slot provided therein defining a blade head maintaining area for the razors. An upper panel extends from the front panel to the rear panel above the blade head maintaining area. Structure projects into at least one of the opposed slots for inhibiting movement of the plurality of razors within the blade head maintaining area. In addition, a passageway descends from at least one of the slots in the opposed panels for permitting individual removal of the plurality of razors from the package while inhibiting the egress of the remaining razors therethrough.

Abstract: A safety blade magazine for storing, transporting and dispensing individually a large number of single edge safety blades. The magazine is essentially an elongated rectangular box having an opening or slot at the base of one wall and a thumb shaped recess along the bottom wall for dispensing a single blade at a time out of the slot in the bottom of the box. The magazine also includes an elongated spindle centrally disposed from its top to within one blade width of the dispensing slot in length, the spindle capable of holding one hundred razor blades through the blade apertures in the center of the single edge blades. A small magnet is disposed on the outside wall just above the dispensing slot which acts to stabilize the blades in the magazine and also to assist in dispensing whenever the thumb actuated recess to manually dispense the blades is utilized. Finally the magnet serves to temporarily hold a blade that has already been dispensed.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a plurality of individual protective safety razor head unit open top casings and a tray for storing the plurality of casings in side-by-side relationships. Each of the casings are adapted to retain a single safety razor cartridge unit therein, each of which have at least one blade and a head cartridge member to which the blade is permanently secured and which also provides a guard surface. The head unit is detachably engageable with a safety razor handle. Each casing defines a single chamber in which a single shaving head unit is retained. The structure in each casing retains the head unit therein against accidental removal in such a manner that the cutting edge of the blade is protected against damage and wherein the head unit is engageable by the handle while the head unit is still within the casing. Each head unit when engaged with the handle is withdrawable from its casing by means of rocking the handle.

Abstract: The magazine comprises a platform upon which, in slidable disposition, are carried a plurality of blade carriers. The carriers are movable sidewise of the platform, and each such carrier defines a recess in which to nest a blade. The carrier recess is formed of a pair of limbs rising from a base, one of the limbs being integral with the base, and the other being pivotably coupled to an end of the base. The limbs have mutually confronting channels formed therein, with springs set therein, for receiving and latching therein a blade. The pivotable lime is so coupled to the base to allow it to slue and open the recess formed of the confronting channels, so as to release a blade held therein, and to accommodate its closure of the recess by its slueing in the opposite direction to latch and hold a blade in the recess.

Abstract: A self-hinging one-piece container of synthetic plastic material includes a base element with a peripheral flange and a pedestal portion providing an upwardly opening recess to receive a multiplicity of articles. The base wall of the element portions defining the recess is located in substantially the same plane as the peripheral flange. A cover element includes a peripheral flange overlying the peripheral flange of the base element and a pedestal portion which overlies the pedestal portion of the base element. The top wall of the pedestal portion overlies the top wall of the pedestal portion of the base element and has a depending boss which extends into the recess formed in the base element. Along adjacent margins of the flanges of the base and cover elements is a hinge element integrally formed from the material, and the container additionally includs a releasable closure to retain the cover and base elements in closed relationship.

Abstract: A wet-shaving unit with a handle able to engage an interchangeable head being provided with at least a cutting edge, in which the handle is formed as a container for separately extractable heads. The unit may comprise two handles able to be matched in such a way as to complete and to close the head seats in a preserving arrangement, each handle forming a cover for the head seats of the other.

Abstract: A wall bracket device or rack for receiving, containing and stacking a plurality of disposable wet shaving razors where each razor is removable individually for use.

Abstract: The pack consists of a single card having an aperture therein shaped and dimensioned to receive and support the heads of a stack of disposable razors. The handle of each razor contains a slot and the assembled handles are secured to the card by a tongue which extends through the slots in the razor handles and is secured at its opposite ends to the card. In a modification, the slots are formed in the ends of the razor handles and a part of the card extends into each of the slots.

Abstract: A wet-shaving unit with a handle able to engage an interchangeable head being provided with at least a cutting edge, in which the handle is formed as a container for separately extractable heads. The unit may comprise two handles able to be matched in such a way as to complete and to close the head seats in a perserving arrangement, each handle forming a cover for the head seats of the other.