# US 2013/0152408 A1 · Razor Handle

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- Number: US 2013/0152408 A1
- Document ID: US20130152408A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/767,246
- Filed: 2013-02-14
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2007-02-01
- Assignees: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
- Inventors: Robert Quintiliani; Frank Renaldi; Nathan Venskytis
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130152408A1

## CPC

- B26B 21/522: {Ergonomic details, e.g. shape, ribs or rubber parts}
- B26B 21/528: {Manufacture of razor handles}
- B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H)

## Abstract

A handle for a safety razor is provided that includes an elongated hand gripping structure with a cartridge support structure at an end of the hand gripping structure. The hand gripping structure includes a frame and a first and second gripping pad. Each gripping pad can have a thermoplastic elastomeric gripping layer and a nonelastomeric thermoplastic support layer. The first gripping pad has an extension that cooperates with an opening of the frame to provide a snap fit joint between the frame and the first gripping pad. The second gripping pad has an extension that cooperates with the extension of the first gripping pad to prevent disengagement of the snap fit from the opening of the frame. The extension of the first gripping pad can be bifurcated and the extension of the second gripping pad can be received in the bifurcation.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A handle for a safety razor, comprising:
an elongated hand gripping structure, and
a cartridge support structure at an end of the hand gripping structure,
the elongated hand gripping structure including: a frame structure with at least one opening; a first gripping pad disposed on a first side of the frame and second gripping pad disposed on an opposed second side of the frame,
the first gripping pad having at least one extension having a snap fit protrusion at a distal end portion thereof, the snap fit protrusion cooperating with the opening of the frame to provide a snap fit between the first gripping pad and the frame, and
the second gripping pad having at least one extension disposed adjacent the extension of the first gripping pad and at a side opposite the snap fit protrusion to prevent disengagement of the snap fit protrusion from the opening of the frame as a result of lateral deformation of the distal end portion of the extension of the first gripping pad.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A handle according to claim 1, wherein each gripping pad comprises a thermoplastic elastomeric outer gripping layer and a nonelastomeric thermoplastic support layer thereunder.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A handle according to claim 2, wherein the nonelastomeric thermoplastic support layer comprises polypropylene.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A handle according to claim 1, wherein the first gripping pad includes two extensions each having a snap fit protrusion, the snap fit protrusions facing one another.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A handle according to claim 4, wherein the second gripping pad has two extensions each disposed respectively adjacent the extensions of the first gripping pad and at a surface opposite each respective snap fit protrusion to prevent disengagement of each snap fit protrusion from the opening of the frame as a result of lateral deformation of the distal end portion of each extension of the first gripping pad.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

A handle according to claim 5, wherein the two extensions of the first gripping pad and the two extensions of the second gripping pad cooperate to provide a press fit joint therebetween.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A handle according to claim 1, wherein the snap fit protrusion of the extension of the first gripping pad is on one side of the extension and alternates between opposed sides of the extension as the extension extends along a length of the frame.