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US 8,037,609 B2Granted
Razor having a wing shaped contouring shaving aid
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorRoy Nicoll
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Abstract
Shaving razors and cartridges intended for mounting on such shaving razors wherein the cartridges include one or mounted solid shaving aid portions that are wing shaped and that exhibit an improved conformation to a shaving consumer's skin surface.
Claims16
A disposable razor cartridge comprising:
- a. a blade unit comprising a razor blade;
- b. a shaving aid holder joined to said blade unit, said holder comprising
- 1) a blade unit housing surrounding said blade unit, said housing having front and rear edges;
- 2) a central support flexibly joined to one of said front and rear edges of said housing;
- 3) a right wing and a left wing, both wings being independently and flexibly joined to said central support such that both wings are disposed in front of the front edge or rear of the rear edge;
- and
- wherein said holder carries at least one solid shaving aid portion on one or more of said wings and wherein said right and left wings exhibit biased movement in a z-direction in response to an applied pressure in the z-direction.
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A shaving razor comprising:
- a. a handle having a proximate and distal end;
- b. a disposable razor cartridge mounted at the proximate end of said handle, said cartridge further comprising
- 1) a blade unit comprising a razor blade;
- 2) a shaving aid holder joined to said blade unit, said holder comprising
- a) a housing surrounding said blade unit, said housing having front and rear edges;
- b) a central support flexibly joined to one of said front and rear edges of said housing;
- c) a right wing and a left wing, both wings being independently and flexibly joined to said central support such that both wings are disposed in front of the front edge or rear of the rear edge;
- and
- wherein said holder carries at least one solid shaving aid portion on one or more of said wings and wherein said right and left wings exhibit biased movement in a z-direction in response to an applied pressure in the z-direction.
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A method of shaving hair from skin comprising the steps of:
- a. contacting a surface of the skin with a disposable razor cartridge comprising
- 1) a blade unit comprising a razor blade;
- 2) a shaving aid holder joined to said blade unit, said holder comprising
- a) housing surrounding said blade unit, said housing having front and rear edges;
- b) a central support flexibly joined to one of said front and rear edges of said housing;
- c) a right wing and a left wing, both wings being independently and flexibly joined to said central support such that both wings are disposed in front of the front edge or rear of the rear edge and
- wherein said holder carries at least one solid shaving aid portion on one or more of said wings and wherein said right and left wings exhibit biased movement in a z-direction in response to an applied pressure in the z-direction.
- b. applying pressure in the z-direction to the surface of the skin;
- and
- c. moving said razor cartridge along the surface of the skin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.