Razor handle extension

• US 4,905,372 A
• Filed: 03/15/1988
• Issued: 03/06/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Warren W. Willis
• Original Assignee: Warren W. Willis
• Inventors: Willis, Warren W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yost, Frank T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fridie, Jr., Willmon
• Application Number:
  US07/173,556
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: 30/85, 30/86, 30/87, 30/88, 30/89
• US Class Current: 30/526
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/523 Extendible or foldable handles; Extensions

Abstract

A razor handle extension which is adapted to be detachably connected to the handle of a disposable razor to effectively increase the length of the handle and thereby permit a female user to more easily and safely shave her legs from an erect position. The razor handle extension has a gripping area at one end thereof. The opposite end includes a hollow receptacle for receiving and retaining the razor handle. A locking ring fits over the receptacle end of the razor handle extension for holding the razor handle therewithin.

Claims

1. A razor handle extension having a handle end at which to be grasped and a gripping end at which to engage and releasably retain the handle of a razor so that the movement of said razor can be controlled from the handle end of said razor handle extension, said gripping end including a hollow head in which to receive the razor handle, and locking means including a locking ring which is slidable axially and reciprocally between said handle and the hollow head of said gripping end so as to surround said hollow head and thereby releasably retain the razor handle therewithin.

2. The razor handle extension recited in claim 1, wherein the hollow head of said gripping end has a plurality of axially extending slots formed therethrough for creating a corresponding plurality of retaining arms between said slots, said razor handle being received at the hollow interior of said head and between the retaining arms thereof.

3. The razor handle extension recited in claim 2, wherein the retaining arms of said head are rotated into contact with said razor handle when said locking ring surrounds said head to thereby anchor said razor handle at the hollow interior of said head.

4. The razor handle extension recited in claim 1, including a lip extending around the periphery of said handle end to block the removal of said locking ring by way of said handle end.

5. The razor handle extension recited in claim 1, wherein said handle end is tapered to block the removal of said locking ring by way of said handle end.

6. The razor handle extension recited in claim 1, wherein the head of said gripping end is tapered in an outwardly flared direction.

7. The razor handle extension recited in claim 6, wherein the tapered head of said gripping end includes at least a pair of retaining flanges extending in spaced alignment with one another around the periphery of said head, said locking ring being removably seated within the space between said flanges for rotating said retaining arms and holding said arms in contact with said razor handle at the hollow interior of said head.

8. The razor handle extension recited in claim 1, wherein said handle end and said gripping end are detachably connected to one another.

9. The razor handle extension recited in claim 8, wherein said handle end has a male connector extending therefrom and said gripping end has a female receptacle formed therein, said male connector received within said female receptacle for detachably connecting said handle and gripping ends to one another.

10. The razor handle extension recited in claim 1, wherein said locking means is a locking ring which slides over and surrounds the head of said gripping end to cause said razor handle to be retained within the hollow interior of said head.

11. The razor handle extension recited in claim 1, wherein said gripping end further includes at least two retaining flanges which extend in spaced alignment with one another around said head, said locking ring being moved into the space between said retaining flanges to prevent an axial displacement of said ring and cause said razor handle to be anchored within the hollow interior of said head.

12. The razor handle extension recited in claim 1, wherein said locking ring is slidable axially and reciprocally between said gripping end and said handle end, said locking ring surrounding the head of said gripping end to cause said razor handle to be retained within the hollow interior of said head, or said locking ring being removed from said head and relocated towards said handle end to release said razor handle from said head.

13. The razor handle extension recited in claim 1, wherein the head of said gripping end, said handle end, and said locking ring are concentrically aligned with one another.

14. A handle extension to be detachably connected to the handle of a razor to increase the effective length of said handle, said razor handle extension comprising an elongated body portion and a head portion having a hollow interior in which to receive said razor handle, said head portion having a plurality of axially extending slots formed therethrough for creating a corresponding plurality of flexible retaining arms between said slots, and a locking ring to be positioned around said retaining arms for rotating said arms into contact with said razor handle to thereby anchor said handle at the hollow interior of said portion, said locking ring being moved between said head portion and said body portion, said locking ring surrounding the retaining arms of said head portion to anchor the razor handle therewithin, or said locking ring being removed from said head portion and relocated to said body portion to release said razor handle from said head portion.

15. The handle extension recited in claim 14, wherein said head portion includes at least a pair of retaining flanges extending in spaced alignment with one another around said retaining arms, said locking ring being seated within the space between said flanges for holding said retaining arms in contact with said razor handle.

16. The handle extension recited in claim 14, wherein said head portion is tapered outwardly from said body portion.

17. The handle extension recited in claim 14, wherein said head portion, said body portion and said locking ring are concentrically aligned with one another.