# US 12,005,595 B2 · Razor cartridge with a rotatably attached housing portion

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- Number: US 12,005,595 B2
- Document ID: US12005595B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/161,856
- Filed: 2021-01-29
- Published: 2022-08-04
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2021-01-29
- Assignees: The Gillette Company
- Applicants: The Gillette Company LLC
- Inventors: Jack Anthony Washington
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12005595B2

## CPC

- B26B 21/4025: {Cap elements}
- B26B 21/225: {the changeable unit being resiliently mounted on the handle}
- B26B 21/4012: {Housing details, e.g. for cartridges}
- B26B 21/4043: {Contour trimming}
- B26B 21/4031: {characterised by special geometric shaving parameters, e.g. blade span or exposure}
- B26B 21/443: {Lubricating strips attached to the razor head}
- B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H)

## Abstract

A razor cartridge including a first housing portion having a first top surface positioned on a first plane; one or more razor blade members mounted in the first housing portion and each including a blade with a cutting edge; and a second housing portion rotatably attached to the first housing portion. The second housing portion has a second top surface positioned on a second plane, and the second top surface includes an engagement surface configured to receive a shaving razor component. The second housing portion has a first position in which the second plane is positioned at an angle of between negative 30 degrees and 30 degrees with respect to the first plane and a second position in which the second plane is positioned at an angle of between 70 degrees to 130 degrees with respect to the first plane.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A razor cartridge comprising:
a first housing portion having one or more first surfaces define a first plane;
one or more razor blade members mounted in the first housing portion;
a second housing portion rotatably attached to the first housing portion, the second housing portion having one or more second surfaces define a second plane; and
a first shaving razor component comprising a trimmer blade member disposed between the first and second housing portions,
wherein the second housing portion has (i) a first position wherein the one or more surfaces that define the second plane are positioned at an angle of between negative 30 degrees and 30 degrees with respect to the first plane, and (ii) a second position wherein the one or more surfaces that define the second plane are positioned at an angle of between 70 degrees and 130 degrees with respect to the first plane,
wherein when the second housing portion is in the second position, the second housing portion secures the trimmer blade member against the first housing portion,
wherein the trimmer blade member comprises a blade support member and a blade coupled to the blade support member, and
wherein when the second housing portion is in the second position, the blade support member is positioned against a support surface defined in the first housing portion such that the blade support member is secured between the first and second housing portions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The razor cartridge of claim 1, further comprising a second shaving razor component,
wherein the second housing portion comprises a slot configured to receive the second shaving razor component, the slot being defined between a first rail and a second rail that each extend longitudinally between first and second lateral ends of the second housing portion, wherein the second rail comprises at least one of the one or more surfaces positioned on the second plane,
wherein when the second housing portion is in the second position:
the blade support member is sandwiched between the first housing portion and the second rail of the second housing portion; and
the second shaving razor component is secured between the first and second housing portions.