US 5,934,291 A · Mini-shaving device for grooming facial hair

Abstract

Several small-size mustache shaving devices, each grippable between a user's forefinger and thumb, for enabling the user to precisely shave and edge his own mustache to a desired shape, and related trimming accessories, are disclosed. Each device 10! is lightweight and has as an elongated narrow body having a forward head portion 11! and an integral offset rear fingertip-grip portion 12!. Each device has a small elongated razor blade strip 16! mounted upon the head portion 11!. The blade's razor sharp edge 17!, which in some designs is straight and in other designs is curved, extends laterally outwardly from the head portion 11!. The razor-sharp blade edge 17! of the device is placed by the user against his skin adjacent the periphery of the desired mustache line and then, through fingertip movement, shaves and shapes the hairs of the user's mustache. An optional removable cover 25! fits over the head portion 11! and encases the blade sharp edge 17! and is frictionally held upon the head portion 11! for manual removal and replacement.

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Dependent claims

A small lightweight fingertip control mini-shaving device for grooming facial hair which enables a user to edge and shave his or her own facial hair, comprising:

an elongated all-metal one-piece frame having an elongated forward cutter end portion and an elongated rear fingertip pinch grip portion rigidly joined to the cutter end portion, the fingertip grip portion having an overall size approximately as large the area between tips of the user's thumb and forefinger when the tips are pressed together;
and wherein the frame includes a generally flat, elongated lower front end portion having an elongated razor sharp edge no longer than about an inch (about 2.5 cm) and having a substantially straight elongated dull edge section mounted to the cutter end portion, and wherein the mini-shaving device further includes a plastic front end guard mechanism having first and second side portions which are mechanically attached to the cutter portion, and wherein
the overall size of the fingertip pinch grip portion is at least as large as the overall size of the cutter end portion, and
the forward cutter end portion has a major centerline and the fingertip pinch grip portion has a major centerline which is offset from the centerline of the cutter end portion in a direction that places the pinch grip portion further away from the razor sharp edge.

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