Safety razor with rotational movement and locking button
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorTerence Gordon Royle
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Abstract
A safety razor including a handle having a grip portion and a connection portion secured to the grip portion. The connection portion rotates with respect to the grip portion about a rotational axis. A blade unit is mounted to the connection portion by a connection member. The handle includes an ejector button having a first position locking the connection portion with respect to the grip portion preventing the connection portion from rotating with respect to the grip portion, a second position allowing the connection portion to rotate with respect to the grip portion, and a third position for ejecting the blade unit from the connection portion.
Claims17
A safety razor comprising;
- a handle comprising a grip portion and a connection portion secured to the grip portion, the connection portion rotating with respect to the grip portion about a rotational axis;
- a blade unit being mounted to the connection portion by a connection member;
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- an ejector button positioned on the handle, the ejector button having a first position locking the connection portion with respect to the grip portion preventing the connection portion from rotating with respect to the grip portion, a second position allowing the connection portion to rotate with respect to the grip portion, and a third position for ejecting the blade unit from the connection portion.
A safety razor comprising;
- a handle comprising a grip portion and a connection portion secured to the grip portion, the connection portion rotating with respect to the grip portion about a rotational axis;
- a blade unit being mounted to the connection portion by a connection member, the blade unit comprising a guard, a cap, at least one blade positioned between the guard and the cap and a transverse centerline extending through the guard and the cap in a direction substantially perpendicular to the at least one blade, the blade unit pivoting with respect to the connection member about a pivot axis substantially parallel to the at least one blade;
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- an ejector button positioned on the handle, said ejector button having a first position locking the connection portion with respect to the grip portion preventing the connection portion from rotating with respect to the grip portion, a second position allowing the connection portion to rotate with respect to the grip portion, and a third position for ejecting the blade unit from the connection portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.