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US 11,317,691 B2Granted
Shaving assembly dispenser
AssigneeSl IP Company LLC
InventorsCraig A. Provost, John W. Griffin, William E. Tucker, Aaron G. Cantrell
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Abstract
Containers are described herein for the transportation and distribution of replaceable consumer products, e.g. interchangeable shaving assemblies. The containers described herein include a mechanism to securely hold the container in predetermined open and closed positions. The interior of the container may provided features which serve to hold and protect the shaving assemblies when not in use, e.g., during transport or storage.
Claims8
A method comprising:
- (a) providing a device for storing shaving assemblies, the device including
- a generally C-shaped outer container, and
- a sectioned inner container defining at least two compartments, each compartment containing a shaving assembly, wherein each compartment of the inner container includes angled positioning features disposed at a fixed angle relative to a floor of the compartment and configured to position the shaving assembly within the compartment for interaction of an opening in an interface element of the shaving assembly with a razor handle during mounting of the shaving assembly on the handle, and wherein the angled positioning features in the compartments position the openings of the interface elements of at least two of the shaving assemblies facing in opposite directions,
- the inner container being disposed within the outer container and being movable relative to the outer container between a closed position, a first open position in which one of the shaving assemblies is exposed, and a second open position in which the other shaving assembly is exposed;
- (b) moving the inner container from its closed position into its first or second position to expose one or the other of the shaving assemblies;
- and
- (c) mounting the exposed shaving assembly on the razor handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.