With Waste-collecting, Razor-cleaning And/or Dispensing Patents (Class 30/41)
  • Patent number: 11878436
    Abstract: An adaptor is provided for a shaving cartridge. The adaptor includes a frame extending along a longitudinal axis and a shaving aid coupled with the frame. The adaptor is configured to be reversibly mountable on a shaving cartridge perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BIC-VIOLEX SA
    Inventors: Zoi Antoniou, Ioannis Bozikis, Dimitrios Efthimiadis, Georgios Georgakis, Panagiotis Giannopoulos, Maria Petratou, Ioannis-Marios Psimadas, Panagiotis Zafiropoulos
  • Patent number: 11780106
    Abstract: A blade assembly including at least one blade support and at least one blade element having a cutting edge portion. The blade support includes a base portion and a flat portion. The flat portion extends at an angle with respect to the base. The at least one blade is attached to the flat portion of the blade support. The blade assembly further includes a lubricating element. The lubricating element is attached to the flat portion and the at least one blade element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventors: Charalampos Schizas, Christos Ampatis, Dimitrios Efthimiadis, Ioannis Komianos, Marina Lymaki, Athanasia Panou, Anestis Tsegenidis, Georgia Tsoukleri
  • Patent number: 11759965
    Abstract: A razor blade including: a substrate having a tip portion including a tip region, a blade body including a base, and first and second outer sides disposed opposite a split line of the substrate that converge at a tip; and first and second coatings disposed substantially on the first and second outer sides, respectively. Also provided is a method of coating the razor blade, including: applying a first coating to at least a portion of the first outer side; and applying a second coating to at least a portion of the second outer side. The first and second coatings each extend from the tip region toward the base and are substantially different, as compared to each other. One or both of the first and second coatings comprise a plurality of layers of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth James Skrobis, William Owen Jolley, John Lawrence Maziarz, Bin Shen, Ronald Richard Duff, Jr., Joe David Lussier, Oliver Heinz Claus, Joseph Allan DePuydt, Jason Scott Slattery, John Joseph Nisby
  • Patent number: 11724412
    Abstract: A two way razor is disclosed having a handle, a bracket, and a shaving head mounting dual opposing shaving cartridges each comprising a plurality of razor blades, and a swivel mechanism disposed between the handle and the bracket for exchanging the positions of the first and second cartridges' positions, the swivel mechanism comprising first and second disks where a first disk has two projections at opposite ends and a second disk has two recesses at opposite ends, such that the projections and recesses engage to lock the bracket in first and second orientations with respect to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: John Robert Harris, II
  • Patent number: 11685070
    Abstract: A blade assembly includes a housing having a recess defining a first wall on a first side of the housing and a second wall on a second side of the housing, an elongated body that is attached to the first and second walls and is rotatable about a longitudinal axis (S-S), the elongated body having two or more facets, at least one of the facets has a lubricating element disposed thereon, and a locking mechanism for releasably locking the body in a use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ BIC
    Inventors: Thomas Brette, Giorgos Georgakis
  • Patent number: 11613034
    Abstract: A handle for a shaving device including a main portion; a nozzle for introducing a liquid into a cavity within the main portion; and at least one liquid conduit portion that is in fluid communication with the cavity. Additionally, the handle also includes a liquid dispensing manifold with at least one liquid inlet that is in fluid communication with the liquid conduit portion, wherein the liquid dispensing manifold includes at least one liquid outlet, and further wherein the at least one liquid outlet is in fluid communication with the at least one liquid inlet. Finally, the handle also preferably includes: a first cartridge connecting mechanism that is configured and arranged to be connected with a handle receiving portion provided on a blade cartridge; and a second cartridge connecting mechanism that is configured and arranged to be connected with a manifold receiving portion provided on a blade cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Mark A. Whitaker
  • Patent number: 11613033
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to shaving blade assemblies comprising a housing having at least one cavity; a shaving aid support having one or more lubricating elements thereon, the shaving aid support being rotatably attached to the housing about a center axis, wherein at least a shaft portion of the shaving aid support is disposed in the at least one cavity of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventors: Irene Petratou, Giorgos Georgakis
  • Patent number: 11518054
    Abstract: A razor cartridge includes a plurality of razor blades installed in one direction of a cartridge frame, and a trimmer installed in the other direction of the cartridge frame, wherein the trimmer includes a trimming blade seated in a seating groove formed in the cartridge frame, and a trimmer cap coupled to both sides of the cartridge frame so that the trimming blade is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: DORCO CO,. LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Il Kim, Woo Gyeong Go
  • Patent number: 11472050
    Abstract: A personal care bottle with a distal end portion and a proximal end with a shoulder. A collapsible bag is positioned within the bottle. The collapsible bag configured to contain a liquid. A cap defining an opening having a frangible seal is cap mounted to the proximal end. The bottle has an outer surface defining a groove extending from the shoulder toward the distal end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Kelly Daniel Bridges, Christopher Ramm, Ted DeCastro, Philipp Goeder
  • Patent number: 11446836
    Abstract: A two way razor is disclosed having a handle, a bracket, and a shaving head mounting dual opposing shaving cartridges each comprising a plurality of razor blades, and a swivel mechanism disposed between the handle and the bracket for exchanging the positions of the first and second cartridges' positions, the swivel mechanism comprising first and second disks where a first disk has two projections at opposite ends and a second disk has two recesses at opposite ends, such that the projections and recesses engage to lock the bracket in first and second orientations with respect to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: John Robert Harris, II
  • Patent number: 11154999
    Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge includes a housing and at least one razor blade. The housing extends between front and rear ends. The housing includes a blade support portion and a handle interface portion. The blade support portion is positioned between the front and rear ends. The blade support portion includes a cap and a guard that is spaced from the cap and cooperates with the cap to define a shaving plane. The handle interface portion is positioned between the front and rear ends and includes a front and rear wall. The front and rear walls each include a lower surface and an interior surface. The at least one razor blade is disposed in the blade support portion between the cap and the guard. The lower surfaces cooperate to define a lower opening. The interior surfaces cooperate to at least partially define a handle receptacle that extends to the lower opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert Harold Johnson, Matthew Michael Long, Jack Anthony Washington, Michael Tejpaul Verasamy
  • Patent number: 11076677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator member (8) for a cosmetic product applicator, in particular for applying cosmetic product to keratin fibres, and especially for applying mascara to eyelashes, said applicator member being obtained at least partially by moulding at least one thermoplastic elastomer material, characterized in that said material is a TPS having a tensile strength greater than or equal to 10 MPa, preferably greater than or equal to 15 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Hervet, Carine Pascal, Alain Berhault, Jean-Marie Julien
  • Patent number: 11059195
    Abstract: A method of making a razor cartridge including providing at least one razor blade having a cutting edge extending along a length of the razor blade and printing at least one printed object on the length is provided. The razor blade is positioned between the guard and the cap where the visible surface of the at least one razor blade includes a printed object. The printed object may extend continuously along the length of the razor blade and/or may have multiple portions having a comb-like structure. The printed object appears as a solid object to a viewer's naked eye. The solid object includes a plurality of printed ink dots not visible to the viewer's naked eye. The printed object of flexible, polymer ink may act as a guard element on the razor blade which helps with glide and to manage a user's skin (e.g., bulge) during shaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Charles Nicholas
  • Patent number: 11052556
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing razor including a reservoir containing a shave care composition. The shave care composition comprises water; one or more lipophilic skin conditioning agents; one or more thickening agents including electrolyte sensitive polymers; one or more emulsifying agents; and one or more lubricants. The shave care composition is delivered to the skin by the razor to provide skin comfort and moisturization benefits during the shave. The combination of the chemistry in the razor results in step change in skin condition in consumer and technical skin moisturization benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Coffindaffer, Benjamin P Heath, Kenneth E Kyte, Katharine A Bakes, Joseph A DePuydt
  • Patent number: 11027444
    Abstract: The invention relates to shaving systems containing a handle and replaceable cartridges and allowing a liquid to be supplied to the skin of the user during use. A shaving system comprises a handle (1) having an internal channel (2) for passing liquid; an adapter head (3) on the proximal end of the handle (1), having a slot-type channel (4) which communicates with the channel (2) of the handle (1); a cartridge holder (5) in the form of a floating arm which has an internal slot-type channel (6) and is disposed on the proximal end of the head (3), said slot-type channel communicating with the slot-type channel (4) of the head (3); a replaceable cartridge (7) and an adapter (8) connected to a liquid supply and having an internal channel (9) for passing liquid. The connections between adapter (8) and handle (1), handle (1) and head (3), and head (3) and cartridge holder (5) are made detachable by means of a pin/plug connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: AQUA JET RAZOR LLC
    Inventor: Victor Valcov
  • Patent number: 11020866
    Abstract: A shaving razor handle comprising a body defined by a top shell joined to a bottom shell and comprising an open end, in which the top shell or the bottom shell comprises a substantially continuous band of material that forms the open end of the body. Also provided is a shaving razor handle with these features and a forward assembly coupled to the body, in which at least a portion of the forward assembly rotates relative to the body. Further provided is a shaving razor handle with these features, in which an inner edge of the one of the top shell or the bottom shell comprises a substantially linear portion extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body and a curved portion extending between the substantially linear portion and the substantially continuous band of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Frank Murgida
  • Patent number: 11020865
    Abstract: A shaving aid for razor cartridges comprising water soluble filaments having nano-sized diameters and exhibiting lubricating properties and with improved visual and tactile aesthetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Alison Fiona Stephens, Claire Patricia Humphreys, Eduardo Romo Escalante, Joia Kirin Spooner-Fleming, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Michael Sean Pratt, Jonathan Javier Calderas, Min Mao, Joseph Bryan Edwards, Michael John Moloney
  • Patent number: 11000962
    Abstract: An adaptor for a shaving cartridge is provided. The adaptor is provided with a frame, a first shaving aid, and a second shaving aid. The frame includes a first wall and an opposite second wall. The first wall and the second wall extend along and define a longitudinal axis. The side walls extend from the first wall to the second wall, where the first wall has a first opening. The first and second shaving aids are releasably connected, respectively, to the first and second side walls of the frame. The first and second shaving aids are mounted on the shaving cartridge in a first position by being moved in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Cutting edges of shaving blades disposed in the shaving cartridge are uncovered and accessible through the first opening formed in the first wall when the adaptor is mounted on the shaving cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: BIC-VIOLEX SA
    Inventors: Zoi Antoniou, Ioannis Bozikis, Dimitrios Efthimiadis, Georgios Georgakis, Panagiotis Giannopoulos, Maria Petratou, Ioannis-Marios Psimadas, Panagiotis Zafiropoulos
  • Patent number: 10974402
    Abstract: An adaptor for a shaving cartridge is provided. The adaptor is provided with a frame, a first shaving aid, and a second shaving aid. The frame includes a first wall and an opposite second wall. The first wall and the second wall extend along and define a longitudinal axis. The side walls extend from the first wall to the second wall, where the first wall has a first opening. The first and second shaving aids are releasably connected, respectively, to the first and second side walls of the frame. The first and second shaving aids are mounted on the shaving cartridge in a first position by being moved in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Cutting edges of shaving blades disposed in the shaving cartridge are uncovered and accessible through the first opening formed in the first wall when the adaptor is mounted on the shaving cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BIC-VIOLEX SA
    Inventors: Zoi Antoniou, Ioannis Bozikis, Dimitrios Efthimiadis, Georgios Georgakis, Panagiotis Giannopoulos, Maria Petratou, Ioannis-Marios Psimadas, Panagiotis Zafiropoulos
  • Patent number: 10913172
    Abstract: A shaving head having a retainer with a plurality of legs operable to abut various portions of the shaving head, thereby securing components of the shaving head thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BIC-VIOLEX SA
    Inventors: Panagiotis Moustakas, Christoforos-Athanassios Brellis
  • Patent number: 10864647
    Abstract: An adjustable elongated razor with shave cream dispenser, and a method of shaving that utilizes the adjustable elongated razor. The razor includes an elongated body that is telescopically adjustable and connected to a handle on a proximal end thereof and connected to a bracket on a distal end thereof. The bracket removably secures a shave razor therein. During use, a reservoir within the handle is filled with a shave cream, and the shave cream is dispensed by depressing a button on the handle. The shave cream is dispensed through an aperture on the distal end of the elongated body, where it comes into contact with an individual's skin and the shave razor for shaving the individual's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Reyna Alvarez
  • Patent number: 10864645
    Abstract: A device for cutting hair includes a housing, a cutting unit arranged at one end of said housing and having a cutting element. The device includes an electrode, and a voltage source connected to the electrode. The voltage source is configured to provide the electrode with an electrostatic charge so that the electrode is configured to attract charges naturally present in hair cut by the cutting unit without actively charging the cut hair and to consequently draw and/or hold the cut hair away from the cutting element. The hair cutting device also has a sensor, which is arranged to detect a condition relating to the use of the device. The voltage source is activated or deactivated depending on said detected condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Gaetano Fabio Magrone
  • Patent number: 10856641
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing personal care product with a fluid reservoir with a volume of a fluid and a head space volume in a sealed condition. A pump system is configured to deliver the fluid from the fluid reservoir to an exit port. The pump system includes a piercer configured to penetrate the sealed fluid reservoir. The piercer has a displacement volume that is 20% to 125% of the head space volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Steven Michael Bourque
  • Patent number: 10836878
    Abstract: The invention relates to razors and razor blade cartridges and methods of manufacture therefore including at least one razor blade housing made from polymer material and at least one skin contacting surface, the at least one skin contacting surface being made of a superhydrophillic polymer material. The polymer material has surface properties modified by functionalisation. Preferably the polymer material is a TPU or TPE, with a Rockwell hardness D scale between 30 D and 85 D, a tensile strength between 35 and 80 MPA and a flexural modulas between 40 and 2350 MPA The invention also relates to a method of manufacture of a razor blade cartridge including the steps of moulding a cartridge housing including skin contacting surfaces of polymeric material; subsequently activating the skin engaging surfaces of the polymer using either physical or chemical means to make the surface receptive to the covalent grafting of a monomer, and grafting a functional group onto the surface such as an N-vinyl lactam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ BIC
    Inventors: Andrew Hill, Andrew Honour
  • Patent number: 10821618
    Abstract: A foam dispensing electric shaver apparatus for conveniently dispensing shaving foam includes a handle body having an insert cavity with a feed aperture extending through to an inner compartment. A foam insert is electively engageable within the insert cavity. A shaver is coupled to the handle body and comprises a neck coupled to a neck aperture, a head coupled to the neck, and a set of blades coupled to the head. A motor is coupled within the inner compartment and is powered by a rechargeable battery to drive the set of blades. A foam dispenser has a pump adjacent the insert cavity and a spout extending through the front side of the handle body. A dispense button coupled to the handle body activates the pump to draw foam from the foam insert and release it through a distal end of the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventor: Tonisha Morrison
  • Patent number: 10800055
    Abstract: A blade unit can be attached to a hair clipper body. The blade unit has: a stationary blade part including stationary blades that are disposed side by side like teeth of a comb; a movable blade part including movable blades that are disposed side by side like teeth of a comb; and a base holding the stationary blade part and the movable blade part so as to allow reciprocation of the movable blade part. The base includes a rib extending along the stationary blades. This configuration enables the rib to prevent the stationary blades from biting into skin and thus can mitigate a skin stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Takada, Hitoshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10800058
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid dispensing razor by injection molding a gripping sleeve. A fluid reservoir having a port is blow molded. The fluid reservoir is inserted into the gripping sleeve. A handle body is injection molded. A shaving razor cartridge is mounted to the handle body. The gripping sleeve is joined to the fluid reservoir. The gripping sleeve is attached to the handle body. An air gap is provided between the gripping sleeve and the fluid reservoir facilitating evacuation of the delaminating bottle during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Raymond Eagleton, Kelly Daniel Bridges
  • Patent number: 10786916
    Abstract: The disclosure deals with a lubricative skin engaging member with progressive release of lubricating polymer from a water-insoluble matrix containing thermoplastic elastomer compound and maleic anhydride copolymer and lubricating polymer in concentration less than 30%. The disclosure lies in the use of the maleic anhydride in grafted form on polyethylene and the incorporation of water-soluble lubricating polymer in concentration less than 30% in the thermoplastic elastomer compound, leading to a lubricative mixture, and to a skin engaging member, with increased homogeneity and water absorption ability that assist in the lubricating polymer release in a progressive and controllable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: BIC VIOLEX S.A.
    Inventors: Amalia Skarmoutsou, Nikolaos Chatzigrigoriou
  • Patent number: 10773405
    Abstract: A cartridge including a housing, at least one blade having a blade tip, and a shaving aid positioned on said housing and having a skin contacting portion. The shaving aid includes a co-axial filament having a diameter of from about 0 nm to about 1000 nm and has a core and a sheath. Also disclosed is a method of making a shaving aid for use on a razor including: extruding a shaving aid through a die to form an extruded shaving aid, in which the shaving aid has a skin contacting surface; and electrospinning at least two components to form a co-axial nano-filament onto a portion of the skin contacting surface to form a coated shaving aid, in which the two components are immiscible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Alison Fiona Stephens, Claire Patricia Humphreys, Eduardo Romo Escalante, Joia Kirin Spooner-Fleming, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Michael Sean Pratt, Jonathan Javier Calderas, Min Mao, Joseph Bryan Edwards, Michael John Moloney
  • Patent number: 10639808
    Abstract: An elastic fastener for a shaver includes a left elastic arm, a right elastic arm, and a connecting arm. A left pivoting part is provided at a lower end of the left elastic arm, a left hook is provided; a right pivoting part is provided at a lower end of the right elastic arm, a right hook is provided. A left plane and a right plane are defined, the central pivoting line of the left pivoting part is located in the left plane, the central pivoting line of the right pivoting part is located in the right plane, and abutment areas of the left hook and the right hook abutted against the razor head during shaving are located in a space sandwiched between the two, so as to prevent a razor head from disengaging from a handle during shaving and ensure the reliability of shaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Xiangrong Ren
  • Patent number: 10549437
    Abstract: An adaptor for a shaving cartridge is provided. The adaptor is provided with at least one shaving aid. The adaptor is slidably mountable on a shaving cartridge having one or more shaving blades, each of shaving blades being provided with a cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: BIC-VIOLEX SA
    Inventors: Zoi Antoniou, Ioannis Bozikis, Dimitrios Efthimiadis, Georgios Georgakis, Panagiotis Giannopoulos, Maria Petratou, Ioannis-Marios Psimadas, Panagiotis Zafiropoulos
  • Patent number: 10538007
    Abstract: Disclosed here are shaving razor systems and methods including razor handles that dock with razor cartridges. In some embodiments, a handle is configured to dock with a razor cartridge using a single hook configured to mate with a cartridge tab. In some embodiments, a central pushrod is mounted with a spring into the handle, and is configured to exert a pushing force on the mounted cartridge. In some embodiments, to eject the cartridge, the single hook may be pushed to pivot to the side of the cartridge tab, and thereby release the cartridge by ejecting it with a spring loaded pushrod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Personal Care Marketing and Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Shlomo Zucker
  • Patent number: 10478981
    Abstract: An electric shaver having at least one drivable cutter element and at least one rinse opening having a horn shape for rinsing water through the interior of the shaver head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Krauss, Johannes Stimpel, Wolfgang Stegmann
  • Patent number: 10434671
    Abstract: A portable razor is disclosed, comprising a body comprising at least three edge sides, a first razor blade attached to a first edge side of the body, a water container contained within the body, the water container comprising a sprayer arranged on a second edge side of the body and a shaving lubricant attached to a third edge side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sphynx Collection, LLC
    Inventor: Leila Kashani Manshoory
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10335969
    Abstract: A razor cartridge having a body with an elongate opening, a plurality of blades arranged longitudinally within the elongate opening, and first and second trapezoidal side chutes each having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, where a total area of the inlets exceeds a total area of the elongate opening of the cartridge body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Brian Lee Moffat
  • Patent number: 10252432
    Abstract: In a razor having a blade body assembling portion provided with a blade support supporting a blade body and a shaving aid, the blade support is provided with an outer frame portion, to which the shaving aid is attached. The shaving aid is protruded from the outer frame portion. The shaving aid has a deformable portion, which is provided in a cantilever manner. The deformable portion is deformable along with contact with a skin surface during use. A protruding edge portion provided in the deformable portion is exposed to the outside in a protruding direction of the shaving aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: KAI R&D CENTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakasuka
  • Patent number: 10125336
    Abstract: A shaving aid member comprising a lubricating material, the lubricating material comprising a water soluble polymer having an average molecular weight of at least 5,000, and a copolymer of polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Alison Fiona Stephens, Neil John Jones, Valerie Jean Bradford, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter
  • Patent number: 10105857
    Abstract: A safety razor includes a handle and a head portion. The handle has a first end portion with a handle aperture and a second end portion. The head portion is removably coupled to the first end portion of the handle and has a replaceable lubrication member, a guard, a replaceable blade, and a cap. The lubrication member has one or more lubrication strips. The guard has one or more notches configured for receiving the lubrication strips of the lubrication member. The blade has at least one cutting edge. The cap has a projection extending therefrom, and the projection is configured to extend through respective apertures in the blade, the guard, and the lubrication member and into the handle aperture to removably couple the head portion to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventor: Avraham Gilor
  • Patent number: 10035275
    Abstract: A hair removal device comprising a handle enclosing a collapsible reservoir a, said hair removal device having at least on pressure applicator, such as in the form of a mono-stable button, wherein the mono-stable button is adapted to pressurize air in the handle, thereby collapsing the collapsible reservoir and causing fluid to be expelled from the hair removal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Martin Hawes, Lee Burrowes, James Leo Salemme
  • Patent number: 9962844
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing razor with a handle defining a cavity. A cartridge mounted to the handle. The cartridge has a cap, a guard and one or more blades between the cap and the guard. A fluid applicator is mounted to the shaving razor cartridge for delivering fluid to a surface to be shaved. A fluid reservoir is at least partially positioned within the cavity of the handle. The fluid reservoir has an inner wall defining an opening and a frangible seal within the opening. A fluid connector is positioned within the cavity. The fluid connector has an angled tip configured to pierce the frangible seal to establish a fluid connection between the fluid applicator and the fluid reservoir. The fluid reservoir has an inner wall with an annular rib that engages the fluid connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Lee Burrowes, Paul Michael Jessemey, Kevin James Wain
  • Patent number: 9931755
    Abstract: A safety razor comprise a handle and a head portion. The handle has a first end portion and a second end portion. The head portion is removably coupled to the first end portion of the handle and has a guard, a replaceable blade, a replaceable lubrication member, and a cap. The lubrication member has one or more lubrication strips. The cap has one or more openings formed therein and a projection extending therefrom. The projection is configured to extend through the lubrication member, the blade, the guard, and into the handle to removably couple the head portion to the handle. The lubrication strips of the lubrication member extend through the openings of the cap. The safety razor can include a second lubrication member or a skin tensioning member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: Avraham Gilor
  • Patent number: 9925677
    Abstract: A shaving blade cartridge including a housing extending along a longitudinal axis (X-X), having first and second longitudinal sides, and being provided with a through hole extending transversally to the longitudinal axis through the housing. The shaving blade cartridge also includes at least one cutting blade and a clip retaining the at least one cutting blade in the housing and having a first leg, a second leg, and a clip body. The shaving blade cartridge is such that the first leg of the clip surrounds the first longitudinal side, and the second leg of the clip is received in the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: BIC VIOLEX S.A.
    Inventors: Georgios Georgakis, Dimitrios Efthimiadis
  • Patent number: 9919440
    Abstract: In a frame body, a first outer frame portion and a second outer frame portion are connected together by a third outer frame portion and a fourth outer frame portion, which are located on the left side and the right side of the cutting edges in a main body, respectively, so that the main body is surrounded by the outer frame portions. This improves the rigidity of the frame body, thereby stabilizing the shaving plane, which links together the skin contact portion of the first outer frame portion, the cutting edges of the blade bodies, and the skin contact portion of the second outer frame portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Kai R & D Center Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Haba
  • Patent number: 9889571
    Abstract: A razor cartridge including a guard at a front portion of the cartridge, a cap at a back portion of the cartridge, at least one blade positioned between the guard and the cap, a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, and a lubricating member positioned in the cartridge at the top surface. The lubricating member has an exterior surface with a visible surface and a non-visible surface. A printed support structure is provided on the exterior surface of the lubricating member. The printed support structure covers a portion of the exterior surface to provide structural integrity for the lubricating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Charles Nicholas
  • Patent number: 9872591
    Abstract: A heated ice scraper assembly includes a scraper that has a handle and a wedge. The handle may be manipulated thereby facilitating the wedge to scrape ice from a window. A blade is coupled to the wedge and the blade may frictionally engage the ice thereby facilitating the ice to be removed from the window. A cover is selectively positioned on the blade. A heating unit is coupled to the scraper and the heating unit is in thermal communication with the blade. The heating unit heats the blade thereby enhancing the scraping ice with the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Inventor: Scott Casavan
  • Patent number: 9868220
    Abstract: A razor that facilitates a user's removal of shaving lubricant, cut hairs, and other shaving-related debris, from around, and between, the razor's blade(s). A scoop at the upper portion of the razor's blade assembly funnels water to the blade channel in which the blades are affixed, and at least a portion of that water flows around and/or over the blade(s). The scoop captures, and directs through the razor's blades, a greater volume of water per unit time than can be achieved with an unmodified blade assembly. The cross-sectional area of the scoop's inflow mouth is greater than that of the blade channel's outflow mouth, thereby promoting a Venturi effect which increases the speed of the water's flow over the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Inventor: Brian Lee Moffat
  • Patent number: 9840014
    Abstract: A safety razor includes a handle portion and a head portion that is removably coupled to the handle. The head portion includes a guard member, a replaceable blade member, a replaceable lubrication member that has a lubrication substance applied or attached thereto, and a cap member. The blade member and the lubrication member are independently removable and replaceable relative to each other and the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Inventor: Avraham Gilor
  • Patent number: 9808943
    Abstract: Head (30) of electric shaver (1) includes blade unit (40), head case (31) supporting blade unit (40), and rotary member (80) rotatably supported by head case (31). Blade unit (40) includes outer blades (51 and 61) that contact with a target area and inner blades (52 and 62) provided corresponding to outer blades (51 and 61) and configured to make a reciprocating move relative to outer blades (51 and 61). Blade unit (40) and rotary member (80) are coupled so as to move together relative to head case (31) in a height direction of head case (31). This embodiment enables the head of the electric shaver to move smoothly on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Hiroaki Shimizu, Toshio Ikuta
  • Patent number: 9656401
    Abstract: A personal-care appliance having a handle defining a cavity. A fluid connector is positioned within the cavity. A fluid reservoir is positioned within the cavity. The fluid reservoir has a frangible seal that is spaced apart from the fluid connector. A cover is mounted to the handle over the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Lee Burrowes, Paul Michael Jessemey, Kevin James Wain