Handle for a personal-care implement and personal-care implement
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsChristine Hallein, Angelika Beruda, Jens Störkel, Dominik Langhammer
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Abstract
A handle for a personal-care implement has a longitudinal extension extending between a distal end and a proximal end opposite to the distal end. The handle has an outer lateral surface with a three-dimensional surface structure, wherein the surface structure comprises at least two continuous wave bands with alternating convex and concave curvatures forming wave crests and wave troughs, respectively, the wave bands extending along the longitudinal extension of the handle.
Claims19
A handle (12) suitable to be used in connection with a personal-care implement (10), the handle (12) having a longitudinal extension (16) extending between a distal end (18) and a proximal end (20), the proximal end (20) being opposite the distal end (18) and closest to a head (14) permanently or releasably attached to the handle (12), the handle (12) further having an outer lateral surface (22) with a three-dimensional surface structure (24), wherein
- the surface structure (24) comprises at least two continuous wave bands (26) extending along the longitudinal extension (16) of the handle (12), each continuous wave band (26) having alternating convex and concave curvatures forming wave crests (28) and wave troughs (30), respectively, along the longitudinal extension (16) of the handle (12),
- wherein the wave crests (28) and the wave troughs (30) form elevations and depressions, respectively, the elevations and depressions extending in a radial direction from a center of the handle (12), the radial direction being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension (16) of the handle (12),
- wherein the wave bands (26) are separated from each other by respective edges (32) extending along the longitudinal extension (16) of the handle (12) in a substantially sinusoidal and anticyclic manner when seen in a top down view onto the outer lateral surface (22) of the handle (12),
- wherein two neighboring edges (32) define a width extension (34) of a wave band (26) having a substantially flat surface in the circumferential direction, the width extension (34) having maximum width extensions (341) and minimum width extensions (342) extending along the longitudinal extension (16) of the handle (12), wherein the wave troughs extending in a radial direction from the center of the handle (12) correspond with the maximum width extensions (341) and the wave crests extending in a radial direction from the center of the handle (12) correspond with the minimum width extensions (342), and
- wherein the maximum width extensions (341) of the wave bands (26) extend a width that is at least one third of a diameter of the handle.
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