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US 7,690,122 B2Granted
Shaving razor with button
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsCharles B. Worrick, III, Kelly Bridges, Keith A. Swenson
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Abstract
A handle for a shaving razor includes a handle casing and an interconnect assembly disposed at an end of the handle casing. The interconnect assembly is configured to releasably connect a cartridge to the handle, and includes a release button comprising a button substrate and a flexible canopy extending outwardly from the button substrate toward the handle casing.
Claims16
A handle for a shaving razor, the handle comprising:
- a handle casing;
- and
- an interconnect assembly disposed at an end of the handle casing, said interconnect assembly being configured to releasably connect a cartridge to the handle, and including a release button comprising a button substrate and a flexible canopy, comprising an elastomer, extending outwardly from the butt on substrate toward the handle casing;
- the flexible canopy being constructed so that a free edge of the flexible canopy contacts a wall formed by the handle easing when the release button is in an unloaded position, and the flexible canopy buckles when the button substrate is moved towards the cartridge as a user actuates the release button, causing the free edge to move along the wall.
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A shaving razor comprising:
- a cartridge comprising a blade unit and connecting member pivotally connected to the blade unit, the blade unit including a housing that carries one or more shaving blades;
- and
- a handle releasably connected to the cartridge, the handle including a release button comprising a button substrate and a flexible canopy, comprising an elastomer, extending outwardly from the button substrate;
- the flexible canopy being constructed so that a free edge of the flexible canopy contacts a wall formed by the handle casing when the release button is in an unloaded position, and the flexible canopy buckles when the button substrate is moved towards the cartridge as a user actuates the release button, causing the free edge to move along the wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.