Shaving razors and cartridges
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorMichael Hal Bruno
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Abstract
A shaving system has a cap, a skin-engaging member, at least one blade between the skin engaging member and the cap, and a guard bar between the skin engaging member and the blade. The guard bar has a first set of spaced apart projections offset from a second set of spaced apart projections in a first direction parallel to the blade and in a second direction transverse to the blade. The first set of projections and the second set of projections define a plurality of open channels extending transverse to the blade. The open channels have a width of about 0.20 mm to about 0.50 mm.
Claims20
A shaving system comprising:
- a cap;
- a skin-engaging member;
- at least one blade between the skin engaging member and the cap;
- and
- a guard bar between the skin engaging member and the blade, the guard bar having a first set of spaced apart projections offset from a second set of spaced apart projections in a first direction parallel to the blade and in a second direction transverse to the blade, the first set of projections and the second set of projections define a plurality of open channels extending transverse to the blade, wherein the open channels have a width of about 0.20 mm to about 0.50 mm.
A shaving cartridge comprising:
- a housing having a cap and a guard bar;
- at least one blade mounted to the housing between the cap and the guard bar;
- a skin-engaging member mounted to the housing in front of the guard bar;
- and
- a plurality of fingers projecting from the guard bar, wherein the plurality of fingers are laterally spaced apart by a distance of about 0.6 mm to about 1.5 mm and are longitudinally spaced apart by a distance of about 0.05 mm to about 0.50 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.