Spacer for razor blade for creating and maintaining a 5 o'clock shadow shave

A spacer that defines a blade shaving clearance of an associated razor blade in relation to a skin surface, comprising:

• a body having a first side wall, a second side wall, a rear wall and a front wall connecting the first side wall and the second side wall;
• a bottom wall extending from the front wall and a top wall extending from the rear wall;
• and a plurality of ribs extending from the front wall and the rear wall, wherein the plurality of ribs space an associated razor blade a predetermined distance from the skin surface to be shaved;
• the top wall and the plurality of ribs are tapered in depth between the rear wall and the front wall;
• wherein the top wall is positioned above the bottom wall along a shaving direction of the spacer thereby facilitating alignment and depth-controlled cutting of hair from the surface to be shaved;
• and wherein the first side wall comprises a first resilient clip and the second side wall comprises a second resilient clip, wherein the first resilient clip and the second resilient clip attach the spacer to an associated blade head and wherein a subset of the plurality of ribs define a plurality of middle cavities, which each has a vertical dimension between the top wall and the bottom wall and a horizontal dimension between the first side wall and the second sidewall and two outermost cavities disposed on each opposing end of the plurality of middle cavities, wherein each of the outermost cavities has vertical and horizontal dimensions greater than the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the plurality of middle cavities, respectively.

A method of creating a shadow shave appearance on a skin surface of a user;

• comprising the following acts:
• providing a razor assembly having a handle and a head comprising a blade;
• and
• positioning a spacer onto the head to space the blade from the skin surface in a range of 0.1 mm thickness to 0.4 mm thickness, wherein the spacer has a top wall positioned above a bottom wall, and a plurality of depth-tapered ribs that traverse between the top wall and the bottom wall and wherein a first side wall traverses between the top wall and the bottom wall comprises a first resilient clip and the second side wall traverses between the top wall and the bottom wall opposite the first side wall comprises a second resilient clip, wherein the first resilient clip and the second resilient clip secure the spacer to the head and wherein a subset of the plurality of tapered-depth ribs define a plurality of middle cavities, which each has a vertical dimension between the top wall and the bottom wall and a horizontal dimension between the first side wall and the second sidewall and two outermost cavities disposed on each opposing end of the plurality of middle cavities, wherein each of the outermost cavities has vertical and horizontal dimensions greater than the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the plurality of middle cavities, respectively.