One-piece plastic safety razor
OwnerEdward B. Westlake, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A one-piece plastic razor molded to contain a handle, a guard plate at the top thereof, at least one locating pin upstanding from the guard plate and adapted to extend through a slot in the razor blade, a cover hinged at one end of the guard plate having at least one slot, beads in the locating pin to frictionally engage the cover slot and firmly lock the cover against the blade on the guard plate and means to ease opening of the cover to replace the blade without sacrificing the locking action of the cover on the guard plate.
Claims6
A plastic safety razor comprising a handle, a guard plate mounted thereon including at least one upstanding elongated locating pin adapted to extend through an opening in a razor blade, said pin including longitudinal beads extending laterally from said pin, a cover substantially coextensive with said guard plate and hinged at the rear end to said guard plate, at least one slot in said cover adapted to receive said locating pin and frictionally engage said locating pin beads when the cover is closed on the guard plate with a razor blade wedged between said cover and guard plate to lock the blade in place, and means on said locating pin to ease the lifting of said cover from the closed to the open position of the razor for replacement of the blade wherein each bead on said locating pin includes a front end wall remote from the hinged rear end of the razor, said front end walls of said beads extending substantially perpendicular to the main plane of said locating pin, said front end walls of said beads being cut off at a downwardly and rearwardly extending taper and constituting the means to ease the lifting of said cover from the closed to the open position of the razor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.