Abstract: A flexible razor head is provided which features a flexible cap and seat. Corrugations, having portions of different widths, present in the seat enhance the ability of the seat to lengthen in response to shaving forces.

Abstract: A multiple blade razor in which a plurality of blades are positioned functionally perpendicular to radials extending away from the longitudinal center of a handle such that as a particular blade or set of blades becomes dull, the handle can be rotated around its longitudinal axis allowing the user to select a previously non-functionally a new blade or set of blades. Additionally, the handle of such a multiple blade razor includes a stable base of sufficient size and shape allowing the razor to be placed in a standing or upright position.

Abstract: A shaving apparatus is described that has a handle, a bifurcated expansion means with one end connected to the handle and with another end attached to a razor head containing at least one blade and at least one spacer that are retained in a base in such a manner so as to allow the blades and spacers to move longitudinally as the base, blades and spacers are moved from a convex curve through a straight configuration to a concave curve to accommodate the various surfaces requiring shaving on the body. There is an adjustment means on the apparatus that allows the user to select the curvature of the blade desired without visually referencing the apparatus. There is a contraction means to enhance the movement of the blades from the expanded position of the concave configuration to the retracted position of the convex configuration.

Abstract: A perforated partition is mounted in a disposable razor head housing in angular relation to the blade, thereby defining with the housing a refrigerant-receiving chamber disposed in surrounding relation to the blade. A wall is mounted in the housing in spaced, parallel relation to the perforated partition to define an expansion chamber. One or more capped ports are provided in the housing to introduce a refrigerant which is a non-toxic freezable solution typically used to cool lunch boxes.

Abstract: An eyebrow shaving apparatus comprised of an elongate handle having at least one blade and preferably a pair of blades mounted on a flat portion of the handle. The blades are preferably arcuate in shape so as to enable an easy trimming or shaving of a user's eyebrows. The blades have sharp edges facing away from the flat surface of the handle and are arranged so that the entire shaving apparatus can easily be manipulated by the user. Furthermore, the handle is provided with an angularly bent portion so as to enable the user to grasp the handle and easily trim the eybrows while also displacing the user's hands from a line of sight. In this way, a user can carefully and easily munipulate the apparatus while viewing in a mirror. The apparatus is also highly effective and relatively safe in use.

Abstract: A shaving apparatus including a handle with a rigid portion for gripping, and a bendable, non-resilient portion which receives a disposable, detachable blade unit. The bendable, non-resilient portion can be bent to a fixed angle to provide a large number of possible handle angles for shaving. Alternatively, a shaving apparatus is provided which forms a twin-edged razor blade assembly from two single- or double-edged blades. The device includes a blade assembly comprising two blades mounted on a step-shaped insert in an offset relationship with a spacer between the blades. The blade assembly is locked in the shaving apparatus between a rotating plate and a shank by either a left or right half cover during use. When not in use, both half covers cover the exposed blades. Either half cover forms a handle with a handle extension slidably received in either half cover in a longitudinal arrangement.

Abstract: A tubular upstanding wall of a predetermined height and defining a central aperture has an integrally formed, inwardly facing flange on its upper end, and an integrally formed, outwardly facing flange on its lower end. The inwardly facing flange has a sharpened cutting edge thereby forming a razor blade. One or more razor blades are positioned through apertures in a top member and the outwardly facing flange cooperates with the lower face of the top member to control the vertical position of each razor blade.

Abstract: According to this invention a flexible razor head is provided which features a flexible cap and blade support portion with the blade support portion featuring a segmented guard bar with the spaces separating the segment correlating to the spaces or areas of reduced thickness in the cap. Corrugations present in the blade support portions enable the blade support portion to lengthen in response to shaving forces.

Abstract: A plastic shaving device for use with a hair removal product. The device comprises a head having a first scraper formed on an edge thereof and a handle attached to the head, the handle having a second scraper formed on an edge thereof. The first and second scrapers are disposed at right angles to each other, and the handle extends from the head to form an obtuse angle therewith. The first scraper is adjacent the obtuse angle and the second scraper is opposite the obtuse angle.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with the mounting of a flexible razor blade on a flexible holder such that the blade may be flexed about an arc having a radius as small as 1/8" or smaller to permit the blade to flow over protrusions or be flexed to shave through dimpled areas of the skin being shaved. The razor is useful for shaving over the jaw bone or shin bone areas for example without cutting the skin and may be pressed by the fingers of the user to delicately shave most any contoured area found on the normal skin of a human being.

Abstract: A trimmer for eyebrows and other facial hair has two discrete, relatively thin blade segments held by a thermoplastic handgrip. The handgrip is formed in an angled or "bent" configuration. The exposed, longitudinally extending edges of the blade segments are honed or otherwise sharpened and are used to position one such blade segment to sever selected facial hair while angling the other blade segment away from the face. The handgrip segments holding the blades are rounded or radiused proximate each said blade segment. Multiple blade segments may also be used.

Abstract: A wall mountable safety razor holder consisting of a planar member, two razor supports extending outward from the planar member, two razor retaining members extending upward from the support members, and a corrosion inhibiting water repellant strip of material disposed along the support members.

Abstract: A flexible, sectionalized razor system is provided for shaving rounded or variably contoured shaving surfaces. The system includes a plurality of individual blade-housings, each of which carries a separate blade, wherein the blade-housings are connected by connecting means of either ribs, resilient foam, soft rubber or spring means to a handle. In the preferred embodiment, the blade housings are arranged in such a fashion so as to avoid unshaved ribbons of the shaving surface caused by gaps between adjacent blade-housings. The blade-housings may be mounted peripendicularly to the direction of shaving or angularly to the direction of shaving. Another embodiment provides two parallel rows of blade-housings wherein one row is staggered with respect to the other row.

Abstract: A protective, demountable head guard is provided for an electric dry shaver which includes a segment adapted for inhibiting movement of a shaver actuating switch and thus avoiding potential inadvertant operation of the shave. The head guard is also sized so as to be captivated by the shaver and upon the application of a manual actuating force to an electric switch slide on the shaver, the head guard is automatically released from the captivated position.

Abstract: A manual razor having a pair of water passages in the shaving head for cleaning of the blade area. The passages extend into opposite ends of the shaving head and are separated by a partition. Water is applied to the passages by placing them under a faucet. Outlet slots direct the water from the passages to the blade area and into the gap between the blades of a two edge razor to remove accumulated shaving lather and whiskers. Curved baffles are spaced along each passage to distribute the water along the outlet slots for thorough cleaning of the blades.

Abstract: A shaving unit comprises at least one blade and blade support structure that has external guard and cap surfaces for engaging the user's skin respectively ahead and rearwardly of the blade edge or edges. A shaving aid member of extrusion-oriented polymeric material that includes an effective amount of a water-leachable shaving aid composition is permanently and substantially immovably affixed to the support structure with an upper surface protruding above one of the external skin engaging surfaces adjacent the cutting edge of the blade.

Abstract: A sleeve for a safety razor having a handle with a blade-carrying head pivotably attached thereto includes a body portion generally elliptical in cross-section formed by two inwardly-curved opposing side walls joined along one pair of opposing edges by a flat top wall with an aperture between the other pair of opposing edges, further including flanges connected to the edges of the side walls adjacent the aperture and a set of tabs extending laterally from the outer surface of one of the curved side walls. In use, the sleeve is slid over the razor head and held in place by engagement of the flanges with the portion of the handle extending through the aperture. When a plurality of sleeve-bearing razors are stacked vertically atop one another such as during shipping, storage or sale, the tabs interlockingly engage the handle portion of the adjacent razor and thereby prevent premature removal of the sleeves from the razors.

Abstract: A low-cost plastic disposable razor having a plurality of paths for purging the razor of shaving debris.

Abstract: A trimmer for eyebrows and other facial hair has relatively thin blade segments held by a thermoplastic fingergrip in an angled or "bent" configuration. The exposed, longitudinally extending edge of the blade segments are honed or otherwise sharpened and are used to position one such segment to sever selected facial hair while angling the other segments away from the face.

Abstract: A double edged strip of blade metal is parted along a center line and cropped to form two strips each containing a series of spaced apart blades connected by webs to an elongate backing strip of blade metal. Each strip is fed into a moulding machine in which a razor, or a shaving unit, or a blade-containing component of a shaving unit is moulded directly on to each individual blade. Each web is then parted to release the moulded razor, shaving unit, or shaving unit component, from the backing strip.

Abstract: A Two Cycle Safety Razor having a handle, platform, razor blade and cover plate. The platform having on its longer sides alternating teeth and slots preventing nicking of the shaven area from the blade edges. The alternating teeth and slots being of equal width. The razor assembly having a means to shift the blade the distance of one of said teeth, exposing at a slot a previously unused blade portion and simultaneously covering at a tooth a previously used blade portion, thereby utilizing a greater percentage of a razor blade's edge than heretofore obtained.

Abstract: A disposable safety razor is provided with coupling means by which a plurality of such razors can be assembled into a stack, one behind another. Each razor handle is formed with a downwardly directed hook and an upwardly directed hook on its front and rear faces, respectively, and with a resilient latch member formed by a resilient arm extending downwardly and rearwardly of the handle and spaced from the hooks and terminating at a catch. The handle also has a ledge formed at the same level as the catch. Two adjacent razors are firmly but releasably coupled together by interengagement of the respective hooks and of the catch with its ledge. The resilient arm yields to permit deliberate disengagement of the catch from the ledge, permitting, in turn, disengagement of the hooks.

Abstract: A shaving implement comprising a platform member having a slot therein and a support surface adjacent the slot, a blade member having first and second portions generally normal to each other, the first portion having a cutting edge thereon, and a cap member having a support surface thereon, the blade member second portion being disposed in the slot and the blade member first portion being clamped between the platform and cap member support surfaces, the cap member being permanently joined to the platform member.

Abstract: A razor blade assembly is provided including a pair of skin-engaging structural elements, the razor blade being connected to a first one of the skin-engaging elements with the cutting edge forwardly directed. The second skin-engaging element is movably connected to the first and being movable relative to both the blade and the first skin-engaging element between first and second positions. In the first position the blade is exposed for shaving. That is the blade edge extends forwardly of a tangent plane to the front margins of the two skin-engaging elements. In the second position the blade is in a guarded position, that is rearward of the tangent plane. Preferably the first skin-engaging element is a guard bar and the second skin-engaging element is a cap member.

Abstract: A straight edge or barber razor having a blade operating lever useful to move the blade from an exposed or operating position to a closed or safe position.

Abstract: A disposable razor has its head formed with a rearwardly directed pocket to receive the forward portion of the head of a second razor to its rear, so as to protect the cutting edge or edges of the second razor. The razors are firmly but releasably interengaged with each other by co-operating projections and recess.

Abstract: A coating of the cutter parts of an electric dry shaver with a solid lubricant is accomplished by positioning a meshed member over the surface of the cutter parts and then penetrating the meshed member with a solid lubricant preparation. The meshed member is then pulled from the coated cutter parts.

Abstract: A safety razor for trimming beards and mustaches around their edges is disclosed. The present invention comprises a razor blade, a head for holding the razor blade, and a blade support all having complementary tapered ends which taper from an edge opposite the cutting edge to a point just above the end of the cutting edge. The tapered ends permit the user of the safety razor to trim his beard or mustache beneath his nostrils. The present invention optionally includes a retractable miniature safety razor which is movable from a first position where it is retracted behind the head to a second position where it is deployed above the head for use in trimming the area beneath the center of the user's nose.

Abstract: There is provided an epilation apparatus comprising a drivable member having a hair-gripping wall, and a stationary complementary member having a confronting wall spaced from the hair-gripping wall of the drivable member to provide a hair gap therebetween.

Abstract: A shaving assembly is disclosed for use in surgical shaving or the like, the assembly being adapted to effect removal of hair close to the skin without damaging the epidermis. The assembly comprises a blade seat, and a blade cap secured to the seat, with the outwardly facing surface of the cap being substantially planar and defining a locating and reference plane for contacting the surface of skin to be shaved, whereby to locate and orient the assembly with respect to the skin. Handle means extend from the assembly for grasping and drawing same across the skin in a given direction during shaving. Razor blade means are secured between the seat and cap. The cutting edge portion of the blade means protrude in the given direction beyond the edge of the cap, and the center plane of such portion makes an angle of from about -5.degree. to 14.degree.

Abstract: A razor including a razor head with a razor blade mounted in the razor head for shaving and a handle connected to the razor head adapted to be used to support said razor during shaving where the handle defines a viewing opening therethrough immediately behind the back side of the razor head to allow the user to view the skin area being shaved immediately ahead of razor head during use and to allow the razors to nest within each other for packaging.

Abstract: A disposable type razor in which a handle part and a blade carrier are formed of one-piece molded construction, the handle having a generally semi-circular lower body configuration which tapers in diminishing width toward one end on which is mounted the blade carrier.

Abstract: A razor blade assembly which is flexible in at least one bending mode. A seat member of substantially planar shape has an integrally formed guard located transversely along its forward margin. The guard and seat members are formed of a flexible material. A flexible blade having a sharpened edge along a transverse margin is disposed on a surface of the seat member having its edge parallel to and rearwardly located of the guard bar. A cap member of flexible material has a planar surface in contact with the blade and a front margin located rearwardly of the cutting edge. The seat, blade and cap are yieldingly bonded together and freely flexible about an axis parallel to the plane of the blade and perpendicular to the cutting edge.

Abstract: Thin material such as hair or paper is severed by a singeing process using the heated and opposed edges of two thin strips of metal with the edges closely spaced apart to form a slot and with the edges heated by high frequency electrical current or currents flowing along such strips and exhibiting therewith and therebetween skin and proximity effects, and by moving such strips relative to such material so that the material to be singed or severed enters such slot and is therein singed to effect severance by such singeing.

Abstract: A razor blade assembly which is flexible in at least one bending mode. A seat member of substantially planar shape has an integrally formed guard located transversely along its forward margin. The guard and seat members are formed of a flexible material. A flexible blade having a sharpened edge along a transverse margin is disposed on a surface of the seat member having its edge parallel to and rearwardly located of the guard bar. A cap member of flexible material has a planar surface in contact with the blade and a front margin located rearwardly of the cutting edge. The seat, blade and cap are yieldingly bonded together and freely flexible about an axis parallel to the plane of the blade and perpendicular to the cutting edge.