US 12,304,095 B2Granted

Shaving implement

OwnerJonathan Abraham Trichter, Jesus J. Valleinventors

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Abstract

A shaving implement comprises a cutting portion and an end portion. Further, the cutting portion transitions between a straight configuration and a bent configuration based on an application of an external force on the cutting portion. forming a bend in the cutting portion characterized by a curvature and a direction. Further, transitioning the cutting portion from the configuration to the straight configuration comprises removing the bend. Further, the cutting portion is not transitionable between the straight configuration and the bent configuration without the application of the external force. Further, the cutting portion comprises a blade slot for receiving a blade. Further, the cutting portion curves the blade in a blade shape based on the forming of the bend. Further, the end portion removably holds the cutting portion.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A shaving implement for facilitating shaving of facial hair, wherein the shaving implement comprises a cutting portion comprising a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the cutting portion is configured to be transitioned between a straight configuration and at least one bent configuration based on an application of at least one external force on the cutting portion,

wherein the transitioning of the cutting portion from the straight configuration to the at least one bent configuration forms at least one bend in the cutting portion along a length of the cutting portion,
wherein the forming of the at least one bend shapes the cutting portion in at least one shape, wherein the cutting portion retains the at least one shape after a removal of the at least one external force, wherein the cutting portion comprises a blade slot;
a single blade;
wherein the cutting portion is configured for receiving the single blade in the blade slot and securing the single blade in the blade slot,
wherein, upon receiving and securing the single blade in the blade slot, the cutting portion is configured for bending the single blade in at least one blade shape for conforming the single blade to the at least one bend based on the forming of the at least one bend, wherein the shaving implement comprises only one blade,
wherein the single blade does not operationally engage with any other blade to achieve the shaving of the facial hair using the shaving implement, wherein the single blade bent in the at least one blade shape is configured to fit a contour of a spot on a user's face, wherein a movement of the single blade, while in continuous contact with a skin of the user's face across the spot results in shaving of the facial hair.

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A shaving implement for facilitating shaving of facial hair, wherein the shaving implement comprises a cutting portion comprising a first end and a second end opposite to the first end,

wherein the cutting portion is configured to be transitioned between a straight configuration and at least one bent configuration based on an application of at least one external force on the cutting portion,
wherein the transitioning of the cutting portion from the straight configuration to the at least one bent configuration forms at least one bend in the cutting portion along a length of the cutting portion,
wherein the forming of the at least one bend shapes the cutting portion in at least one shape, wherein the cutting portion retains the at least one shape after a removal of the at least one external force, wherein the cutting portion comprises a blade slot;
a single blade;
wherein the cutting portion is configured for receiving the single blade in the blade slot and securing the single blade in the blade slot,
wherein upon receiving and securing the single blade in the blade slot, the cutting portion is configured for bending the single blade in at least one blade shape for conforming the single blade to the at least one bend based on the forming of the at least one bend, wherein the shaving implement comprises only one blade,
wherein the single blade does not operationally engage with any other blade to achieve the shaving of the facial hair using the shaving implement, wherein the single blade does not shearingly engage with any other blade,
wherein the single blade bent in the at least one blade shape is configured to fit a contour of a spot on a user's face, wherein a movement of the single blade, while in continuous contact with a skin of the user's face across the spot results in shaving of the facial hair.

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A shaving implement for facilitating shaving of facial hair, wherein the shaving implement comprises a cutting portion comprising a first end and a second end opposite to the first end,

wherein the cutting portion is configured to be transitioned between a straight configuration and at least one bent configuration based on an application of at least one external force on the cutting portion,
wherein the transitioning of the cutting portion from the straight configuration to the at least one bent configuration forms at least one bend in the cutting portion along a length of the cutting portion,
wherein the forming of the at least one bend shapes the cutting portion in at least one shape, wherein the cutting portion retains the at least one shape after a removal of the at least one external force, wherein the cutting portion comprises a blade slot;
a single blade;
wherein the cutting portion is configured for receiving the single blade in the blade slot and securing the single blade in the blade slot,
wherein upon receiving and securing the single blade in the blade slot, the cutting portion is configured for bending the single blade in at least one blade shape for conforming the single blade to the at least one bend based on the forming of the at least one bend,
wherein the shaving implement comprises only one blade, wherein the single blade does not operationally engage with any other blade to achieve the shaving of the facial hair, wherein the single blade does not slidingly engage with any other blade,
wherein the single blade is comprised of at least one material, wherein the at least one material is elastically deformable material, wherein the at least one material is not plastically deformable,
wherein the cutting portion is configured for removably receiving the single blade in the blade slot, wherein the single blade does not retain the at least one blade shape after removing the single blade from the blade slot,
wherein the single blade bent in the at least one blade shape is configured to fit a contour of a spot on a user's face, wherein a movement of the single blade, while in continuous contact with a skin of the user's face across the spot results in shaving of the facial hair.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/509,417Filed 15 Nov 2023 · continuation
Priority: 4 Jan 2022
Published: US 2024/0083057 A114 Mar 2024
Granted: 20 May 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B26B 21/565
Characterised by the shape: bent razor blades; Razor blades with bent carriers
B26B 21/20
Safety razors with one or more blades arranged transversely to the handle: involving blades with more than two cutting edges; involving disc blades
B26B 21/522
Handles, e.g. tiltable, flexible: ergonomic details, e.g. shape, ribs or rubber parts
B26B 21/525
Handles, e.g. tiltable, flexible: for longitudinally arranged cutting edges

Family

Application63/296,300Us provisional application · filed 4 Jan 2022
Application18/071,509Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Nov 2022
US 2024/0083057 A1Pre-grant publication · published 14 Mar 2024
US 11,858,157 B1Parent of this continuation
US 12,304,095 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.