Razor with independent suspension
AssigneeThreshold Capital, Inc.
InventorThomas Brown
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a handheld shaving apparatus with a razor head coupled to a body of the apparatus and employing an independent suspension system, which allows the user to maintain control of the razor head while also allowing the head to move in a generally linear fashion to accommodate surface features and imperfections. Further embodiments provide a handheld shaving apparatus with a razor head and body that collectively include one or more biasing mechanisms that permit the razor head to move in an axial and/or generally linear direction while resisting substantial lateral movement of the razor head, reducing the potential for lateral slicing by the razors.
Claims23
A shaving apparatus, comprising:
- a handle comprising a handle first end adapted with a coupling feature;
- a coupler coupled to the coupling feature of the handle;
- a head coupled to the coupler, the head comprising one or more razor blades, wherein the one or more razor blades are disposed generally within a surface plane of the head;
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- a first biasing element disposed within and/or between the razor blades and the handle, the first biasing element is compressible in response to force applied against the head such that axial movement of the length of the razor blades is allowed in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface plane the head.
A razor head assembly, comprising:
- an anterior portion with one or more razor blades disposed therein and having a cutting edge of the razor blades positioned for cutting in an outer surface plane of the anterior section;
- a posterior portion having an outer retention element;
- one or more biasing elements disposed between the anterior section and the posterior section, the one or more biasing elements having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the anterior section and the second end coupled to the posterior section,
- wherein the anterior section is axially movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to said surface plane;
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- wherein the one or more biasing elements are compressible in response to force applied against the head in a direction substantially perpendicular to said surface plane.
A reusable shaving apparatus comprising:
- a handle comprising a handle first end adapted with a coupling feature, the coupling feature having an interior concavity;
- an intermediate member releasably locked to the coupling feature of the handle and configured to releasably retain a head assembly comprising one or more blades, the intermediate member being at least partially accommodated within the interior concavity of the coupling feature;
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- a biasing element disposed within the interior concavity between the coupling feature and the intermediate member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.