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US 6,406,157 B1Granted
Eyebrow grooming tool
OwnerDiane L. Audetinventor
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Abstract
An eyebrow grooming tool that includes a molded plastic handle and a razor blade cartridge holding assembly in connection with the plastic handle. The razor blade cartridge holding assembly is provided with a light source shining through two elongated transparent windows positioned on either side of the razor blade cartridge for illuminating the eyebrow to be trimmed. A brush for grooming the eyebrow before and after trimming by the razor assembly is provided at the back end of the handle.
Claims1
An eyebrow grooming tool comprising:
- a molded plastic handle including a gripping portion and further including a battery compartment, a battery connector within the battery compartment, a battery compartment door removably covering the battery compartment, two eyebrow pencil storage tubes formed into a bottom end of the handle, a brush portion extending from said bottom end of the handle, a razor blade cartridge holding assembly attached to a front end of said handle by a tubular support arm, said razor blade cartridge holding assembly including two light source cavities formed on either side of a T-shaped cross sectional cartridge insertion slot open on one side of said razor cartridge holding assembly and each covered by an elongate transparent window;
- a blade cartridge ejection spring secured to an interior side wall defining said blade cartridge insertion slot opposite said open side thereof;
- a blade cartridge retaining mechanism including a flexible resilient retaining pin positioned through a pin passage hole formed in the razor blade cartridge holding assembly and deflectable into and out of said blade cartridge insertion slot;
- a light source positioned within each of said light source cavities and connected to said battery connector and a two-position on/off switch by wires running through said tubular support arm;
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- a razor blade cartridge slidably received in said T-shaped cross sectional blade cartridge insertion slot and having a pin receiving cavity in which said flexible resilient retaining pin is removably received such that when said razor blade cartridge is fully inserted into said T-shaped cross sectional blade cartridge insertion slot said pin receiving cavity is aligned with said pin passage hole in a manner to receive an end of said flexible resilient retaining pin positioned through the pin passage hole.
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