Shaving unit
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsBrian Oldroyd, Harry Pentney, John Charles Terry
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Abstract
A shaving unit having blade means exposed forwardly of an overlying cap member and rearwardly of a guard member, wherein the blade means and guard member are movable in unison and relative to the cap means against a resilient restoring force in response to forces transmitted to the unit during a shaving operation, to alter the shaving geometry of the unit.
Claims3
A shaving unit comprising cap means, first platform means, said cap means being permanently joined to said first platform means, said first platform means having a connector portion for connection of said unit to a razor handle, blade means, and guard means, said guard means comprising a guard portion for engaging the skin ahead of a cutting edge of said blade means and a second platform portion, said guard portion being an extension of said second platform portion, said blade means and said guard portion being permanently joined and disposed between said cap means and said first platform means, said blade means and said second platform portion being slidably movable in unison relative to and between said cap means and said first platform means against a resilient restoring force in response to forces transmitted to said unit during shaving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.