RAZOR HANDLE AND SHAVER INCLUDING SUCH A HANDLE

• US 20090271995A1
• Filed: 07/10/2009
• Published: 11/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bic-Violex SA (Societe BIC)
• Original Assignee: Bic-Violex SA (Societe BIC)
• Inventors: Efthimiadis, Dimitris, Ioannis, Bozikis
• Granted Patent: US 8,151,472 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 30/527
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/225 the changeable unit being resiliently mounted on the handle
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/38 with provision for reciprocating the blade by means other than rollers reciprocating the cutting elements of clippers or dry shavers B26B19/00
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/521 Connection details, e.g. connection to razor heads
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/526 Electric features
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/08 using ultrasonic vibrations non-plastics element to plastics elements B29C65/645
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/54 Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-shells, to form hollow articles, e.g. for making balls, containers; Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-cylinders, to form tubular articles
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/7186 Shaving equipment

Abstract

A razor handle having a handle body including two arms, each having a bearing for pivotally connecting a shaving head about an axis of rotation, the arms extending substantially symmetrically on both sides of a medial axis, each bearing having a protrusion extending toward the axis of rotation so as to limit the angular range of rotation of the shaving head.

Claims

1-42. -42. (canceled)

43. A razor handle having a handle body including:

two arms, each having a bearing for pivotally connecting a shaving head about an axis of rotation, the arms extending substantially symmetrically on both sides of a medial axis, each bearing having a protrusion extending toward the axis of rotation so as to limit the angular range of rotation of the shaving head.

44. The razor handle according to claim 43, wherein each protrusion is substantially flat and extends in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation.

45. A razor having a shaving head and a razor handle having a handle body including:

two arms, each having a bearing for pivotally connecting a shaving head about an axis of rotation, the arms extending substantially symmetrically on both sides of a medial axis, each bearing having a protrusion extending toward the axis of rotation so as to limit the angular range of rotation of the shaving head.