Razors and razor cartridges with a decreased total interblade span
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsMark Peterson, Kevin David Cowley, Oliver David Oglesby
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Abstract
A wet shaving razor cartridge that comprises a plurality of at least five elongate blade assemblies disposed in parallel between a guard and a cap of a housing, each blade assembly having a sharp cutting edge; wherein said blade assemblies exhibit a cumulative interblade span of no greater than about 3 mm. Also, a wet shaving razor cartridge that comprise a plurality of at least four elongate blade assemblies disposed in parallel between a guard and a cap of a housing, each blade assembly having a sharp cutting edge; wherein said blade assemblies exhibit a cumulative interblade span of no greater than about 2.5 mm.
Claims15
A wet shaving razor cartridge, comprising:
- a plurality of at least five elongate blade assemblies disposed in parallel between a guard and a cap of a housing, each blade assembly having a sharp cutting edge and one or more perforations;
- wherein said blade assemblies exhibit a cumulative interblade span of no greater than about 3.2 mm and the one or more perforations are configured for rinse-through of water and debris, wherein each blade assembly further comprises a bent portion integrally formed with the sharp cutting edge and disposed rearward of the cutting edge, and wherein the one or more perforations is disposed near the bent portion, closer to the bent portion than the cutting edge.
A wet shaving razor cartridge, comprising:
- a plurality of at least four elongate blade assemblies disposed in parallel between a guard and a cap of a housing, each blade assembly having a sharp cutting edge and one or more perforations;
- wherein said blade assemblies exhibit a cumulative interblade span of no greater than about 2.55 mm and the one or more perforations are configured for rinse-through of water and debris, wherein each blade assembly further comprises a bent portion integrally formed with the sharp cutting edge and disposed rearward of the cutting edge, and wherein the one or more perforations is disposed near the bent portion, closer to the bent portion than the cutting edge.
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