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US 7,845,079 B2Granted
Shaving foil
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorKenneth Stephen McGuire
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Abstract
A shaving foil for a shaving system comprises a foil support section and a hair-receiving section. The foil support section is provided for support of the foil over a cutting member of the shaving system. The hair-receiving section of the foil includes a plurality of hair-entrance apertures that define at least one amorphous arrangement of apertures and a plurality of foil surface members that form a network of surface area adjacent to the plurality of hair-entrance apertures.
Claims21
A shaving foil for a shaving system comprising:
- a foil support section for support of said foil over a cutting member of said shaving system;
- and
- a hair-receiving section having:
- a plurality of hair-entrance apertures that define at least one amorphous arrangement of apertures that extends across the entirety of said hair-receiving section of said foil;
- and
- a plurality of foil surface members that form a network of surface area adjacent to said plurality of hair-entrance apertures wherein each aperture is a different shape.
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A shaving system comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a cutting head at a first end of said housing, said cutting head having:
- a cutting member extending from said housing;
- a foil frame mated with said housing;
- and
- a foil supported by said foil frame so as to be oriented generally over said cutting member, said foil having a hair-receiving section comprised of a plurality of hair-entrance apertures that define at least one amorphous arrangement of apertures each having a different shape and a plurality of foil surface members, wherein:
- each hair-entrance aperture is at least partially surrounded by associated foil surface members that are interconnected in a network of surface area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.