SAFETY RAZOR

• US 20200130209A1
• Filed: 07/16/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Beiersdorf AG (maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Beiersdorf AG (maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA)
• Inventors: MAURER, Peter, KRUEMKE, Alexander, KOHUT, Michaela, SCHULTCHEN, Arne, FELDMANN, Andre, JUNG, Christine, WARNECKE, Armin
• Application Number:
  US16/631,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20200130209A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/40 Details or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/44 Means integral with, or attached to, the razor for storing shaving-cream, styptic, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/446 Shaving aid stored in the razor handle
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/521 Connection details, e.g. connection to razor heads
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/522 Ergonomic details, e.g. shape, ribs or rubber parts
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/527 attachable to fingers or to the human hand

Abstract

A safety razor (100) comprising; a handle body (50) with a substantially flat end surface (52) and a side surface (58); and a cartridge (10) attached to the side surface, wherein: when the flat end surface (52) is in contact with a horizontal plane, the safety razor is in a stable position of rest, the flat end surface forming the safety razor'"'"'s only region of contact with the plane and elevating the cartridge (10) above the plane.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A safety razor, wherein the razor comprises:

a handle body with a substantially flat end surface and a side surface; and

a cartridge attached to the side surface, and wherein;

when the flat end surface is in contact with a horizontal plane, the safety razor is in a stable position of rest, the flat end surface forming the safety razor'"'"'s only region of contact with the plane and elevating the cartridge above the plane.

20. The razor of claim 19, wherein an overall handle body shape is bulbous in two orthogonal directions.

21. The razor of claim 19, wherein the side surface is a curved surface which is adjacent to the flat end surface.

22. The razor of claim 19, wherein the handle body comprises an opposite further flat end surface and the side surface is a single continuous curved side surface providing the handle body with a cross section that increases away from the flat end surfaces towards a center of the body.

23. The razor of claim 21, wherein the flat end surfaces are parallel.

24. The razor of claim 23, wherein the flat end surfaces are circular or elliptical in shape.

25. The razor of claim 19, wherein the razor further comprises a stem, which connects the cartridge and the handle body.

26. The razor of claim 25, wherein the stem extends parallel to the substantially flat end surface.

27. The razor of claim 19, wherein the flat end surface comprises an area which is larger than a footprint of the cartridge on a skin surface.

28. The razor of claim 19, wherein a largest extent of the handle body is up to twice a smallest dimension of the flat end surface.

29. The razor of claim 19, wherein the flat end surface is provided with a suction feature to help retention of contact between the flat end surface and the horizontal plane.

30. The razor of claim 19, wherein the flat end surface is provided with a recess allowing attachment to another part.

31. The razor of claim 19, wherein a center of mass of the handle and cartridge is above and vertically within a footprint of the flat end surface on the horizontal plane and the handle body overhangs the flat end surface to one side.

32. The razor of claim 31, wherein the cartridge is provided on the overhang.

33. The razor of claim 31, wherein a material of the handle body on the same side of the center of mass as the overhang is less dense than a material of the handle body to the other side of the center of mass from the overhang.

34. The razor of claim 31, wherein the flat end surface is provided with an anti-tilting lip on the same side as the overhang.

35. The razor of claim 19, wherein the handle body is made of two or more parts which are fabricated individually.

36. The razor of claim 25, wherein the stem and part of the handle body are fabricated from one part and a rest of the handle body is fabricated from another part.

37. The razor of claim 19, wherein the handle body includes an insert inside a translucent material of the handle body.

38. A safety razor handle, wherein the handle comprises:

a handle body with a substantially flat end surface and a side surface; and

a cartridge attachment on the side surface, and wherein

when the flat end surface is in contact with a horizontal plane, the safety razor is in a stable position of rest, the flat end surface forming the safety razor'"'"'s only region of contact with the plane and elevating the cartridge attachment above the plane.