# US 2025/0153379 A1 · Razor handle with a pivoting portion > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0153379 A1 - Document ID: US20250153379A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/025,107 - Filed: 2025-01-16 - Published: 2025-05-15 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-30 - Assignees: The Gillette Company - Applicants: The Gillette Company LLC - Inventors: Steven Michael Bourque; Charles James Bassett; Marco Fontecchio; Michael Tejpaul Verasamy; Jack Anthony Washington - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250153379A1 ## CPC - B26B 21/225: {the changeable unit being resiliently mounted on the handle} - B26B 21/521: {Connection details, e.g. connection to razor heads} - 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. The handle can include a main body and a first substantially flat metal arm having a first proximal portion and a first distal end, the first proximal portion being rigidly coupled to the main body at a first location, and a second arm having a second proximal portion and a second distal end, the second proximal portion being rigidly coupled to the main body at a second location. The first and second distal ends can be in spaced relationship and have pivotally coupled therebetween a pivoting head. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A handle, the handle comprising: a main body; a first substantially flat metal arm having a first proximal portion and a first distal end, the first proximal portion being rigidly coupled to the main body at a first location; a second arm having a second proximal portion and a second distal end, the second proximal portion being rigidly coupled to the main body at a second location; and the first and second distal ends being in spaced relationship and having pivotally coupled therebetween a pivoting head. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the first distal end and second distal end each comprise a pin member welded thereto. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the first arm comprises a first cylindrical pin member welded at the first distal end and the second arm comprises a second cylindrical pin member welded to the second distal end, and wherein the first pin member and the second pin member reside in a coaxial relationship. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the first arm comprises a first cylindrical pin member welded at the first distal end and the second arm comprises a second cylindrical pin member welded to the second distal end, and wherein the first pin operatively engages a first receiving opening in the pivoting head and the second pin operatively engages a second receiving opening in the pivoting head. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the first and second arms are each rigidly coupled to the main body by a securement selected from the group consisting of welding, staking, cold heading, adhesive bonding, snap-fit, and frictional engagement. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the first and second arms each comprise metal plates, each metal plate defining a plate plane, and wherein the first arm plate plane is generally co-planar with the second arm plate plane. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the pivoting head comprises a face comprising an elastomeric material. ### Claim 8 A handle, the handle comprising: a main body; a first metal arm having a first proximal portion and a first distal end, the first proximal portion being slidably interlocked at a first location of the main body; a second metal arm having a second proximal and a second distal end, the second proximal portion being slidably interlocked at a second location of the main; and the first and second distal ends being in opposed relationship and having pivotally coupled therebetween a pivoting head, the pivoting head having a trapezoidal prism-like shape. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The handle of claim 8, wherein the first arm comprises a first cylindrical pin member welded at the first distal end and the second arm comprises a second cylindrical pin member welded to the second distal end, and wherein the first pin member and the second pin member reside in a coaxial relationship. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The handle of claim 8, wherein the first arm comprises a first cylindrical pin member welded at the first distal end and the second arm comprises a second cylindrical pin member welded to the second distal end, and wherein the first pin operatively engages a first receiving opening in the pivoting head and the second pin operatively engages a second receiving opening in the pivoting head. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The handle of claim 8, wherein the first and second arms each comprise metal plates, each metal plate defining a plate plane, and wherein the first arm plate plane is generally co-planar with the second arm plate plane. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The handle of claim 8, wherein the pivoting head comprises a face comprising an elastomeric material. ### Claim 13 A handle, the handle comprising: a main body; a first discrete metal arm having a first proximal portion and a first distal end, the first proximal portion being rigidly coupled to the main body at a first protuberance on the main frame; a second discrete metal arm having a second proximal and a second distal end, the second proximal portion being rigidly coupled to the main body at a second protuberance on the main frame; and the first and second distal ends being in opposed relationship and having pivotally coupled therebetween a pivoting head, the pivoting head having a trapezoidal prism-like shape. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The handle of claim 13, wherein the handle weighs between 60 grams and 100 grams. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The handle of claim 13, wherein the first distal end and second distal end each comprise a pin member welded thereto. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The handle of claim 13, wherein the first arm comprises a first cylindrical pin member welded at the first distal end and the second arm comprises a second cylindrical pin member welded to the second distal end, and wherein the first pin member and the second pin member reside in a coaxial relationship. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The handle of claim 13, wherein the first arm comprises a first cylindrical pin member welded at the first distal end and the second arm comprises a second cylindrical pin member welded to the second distal end, and wherein the first pin operatively engages a first receiving opening in the pivoting head and the second pin operatively engages a second receiving opening in the pivoting head. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The handle of claim 13, wherein the first and second arms are each rigidly coupled to the main frame by a securement selected from the group consisting of welding, staking, cold heading, adhesive bonding, snap-fit, and frictional engagement. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The handle of claim 13, wherein the first and second arms each comprise metal plates, each metal plate defining a plate plane, and wherein the first arm plate plane is generally co-planar with the second arm plate plane. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The handle of claim 13, wherein the pivoting head comprises a face comprising an elastomeric material.