Modular personal care implement
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsViktor Kraft, Rory Frederick Wellington McGarry, Brian Patrick Watson, Gerald Goerich, Nicolas Götz, Sven Mueller
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Abstract
A modular personal care implement including a surface treatment head having a first end with an applicator and a second end including an extension; an end interconnector; and a sleeve positioned between the surface treatment head and the end interconnector, in which the extension extends through the sleeve and is received in the end interconnector such that the surface treatment head is releasably attached to the end interconnector. Also provided are a method of providing a modular personal care implement and a kit including a modular personal care implement.
Claims16
A modular personal care implement comprising:
- a surface treatment head having a first end with an applicator and a second end comprising an extension;
- an end interconnector;
- and
- a sleeve positioned between the surface treatment head and the end interconnector,
- wherein the extension extends through the sleeve and is received in the end interconnector such that the surface treatment head is releasably attached to the end interconnector and wherein the sleeve comprises a first cross-sectional shape and at least a portion of the end interconnector comprises a second cross-sectional shape that is different from the first cross-sectional shape.
A method of providing a modular personal care implement, the method comprising:
- providing one or more surface treatment heads each having a first end with an applicator and a second end comprising an extension;
- providing a sleeve having a first cross-sectional shape;
- providing an end interconnector having second cross-sectional shape that is different from the first cross-sectional shape;
- releasably attaching one surface treatment head of the one or more surface treatment heads to the end interconnector such that (i) the sleeve is positioned between the one surface treatment head and the end interconnector, and (ii) the surface treatment head is releasably attached to the end interconnector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.