Straight razor
AssigneeI-R Innovation In Idea Ltd.
InventorsAriel GRINSPUN, Haviv AIZENKRAFT
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Abstract
A straight razor (10) comprising a permanent handle (12) and a shank (14) that are interconnected through a pivotal fixating element (24) and a disposable razor blade head (16) that includes a razor blade (62) embedded to a housing (60). The disposable razor blade head (16) is reversibly connected to the shank (14) and may be released by a fast release mechanism (30, 32, 34) after each use and be replaced by a new razor blade head.
Claims19
A straight razor comprising:
- a handle;
- a shank comprising a connector for holding a razor blade head, at least one locking element and a fast release mechanism;
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- a razor blade head comprising a razor blade, a housing, a counter connector, at least one locking element being complementary to the locking elements of the shank, the razor blade being partially embedded in the housing such that a cutting edge is left exposed, the handle and the shank are permanent components and are interconnected through a pivotal fixating element, the razor blade head being disposable and is releasably connected to the shank,
- wherein the connector of the shank being adapted to connect to the razor blade head, the at least one locking element of the shank being adapted to lock the counter connector of the razor blade head to the connector of the shank, the fast release mechanism being adapted to release the razor blade head from the shank.
A razor blade head comprising a razor blade housing, a razor blade embedded to the housing, a rectangular reception tube with an inlet orifice defined by a frame at one end of the razor blade head and characterized by at least one of:
- (i) a removable blade guard that covers the cutting edge of the razor blade, (ii) that the inner wall of the reception comprises at least one structural contact region having smaller inner cross sectional dimensions than the inner cross sectional dimensions of the remaining portion of the tube (iii) that the reception tube comprises at least one aperture defining a locking element to a connector of a shank and being disposed on the face side of the tubular wall and (iv) a flat surface extending upward (away from the razor blade) from the frame of the orifice and in the same plane of the orifice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.