# US 8,782,911 B1 · Versatile shaver > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,782,911 B1 - Document ID: US8782911B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 13/427,804 - Filed: 2012-03-22 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2012-03-22 - Assignees: Headblade, Inc. - Applicants: Todd M. Greene - Inventors: Todd M. Greene - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8782911B1 ## CPC - B26B 21/52: Handles, e.g. tiltable, flexible {(handles and attaching handles in general B25G)} - B26B 21/225: {the changeable unit being resiliently mounted on the handle} - B26B 21/527: {attachable to fingers or to the human hand} - B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H) ## Abstract A versatile shaver has a shaver body with a blade cartridge mounted at one end of the underside and a rotating wheel at the other end. A resilient finger hook and associated pads are located on an upper surface. A user can insert an index finger through the hook and use the shaver in a palm grip to shave the scalp. The shaver body narrows between the blade end and the wheel end thus facilitating a grip between the fingers and thumb for ready shaving of the face. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shaving apparatus comprising: a body comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end and a second end; an attachment for at least one razor blade disposed on the lower surface at the first end; a blade cartridge containing at least one blade, the cartridge flexibly attached to the attachment with a cutting edge of the at least one blade disposed towards the second end of the body; a finger hook disposed on the upper surface through which a user's finger can be inserted with the finger essentially parallel to the cutting edge; a grasping region in the body between the first end and the second end so that a user can grasp the body at the grasping region; and a protuberance associated with an outer surface of the finger hook facing the first end to accommodate the user's finger when the user grasps the body, thereby stabilizing the shaving apparatus; a wheel rotatingly attached to the lower surface of the second end, an axis of rotation of the wheel parallel to the cutting edge. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The shaving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attachment is a blade clip. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The shaving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the blade clip is removably attached to the body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The shaving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the blade clip and the blade cartridge are unitary. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The shaving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the blade cartridge is removably attached to the blade clip. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The shaving apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a hinge attaches the blade cartridge to the blade clip. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The shaving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the grasping region comprises at least one indentation in the body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The shaving apparatus according to claim 7 comprising two juxtaposed indentations forming a waist therebetween. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The shaving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the body and the blade cartridge are configured such that when the shaving apparatus is placed on a planar surface with the lower surface facing the planar surface, only an edge of the blade cartridge farthest from the wheel and the wheel contact the planar surface. ### Claim 10 A shaving apparatus comprising: a body comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end and a second end; a blade clip disposed on the lower surface at the first end; a blade cartridge containing at least one blade, the cartridge flexibly attached to the blade clip with a cutting edge of the at least one blade disposed towards the second end; a finger hook disposed on the upper surface through which a user's finger can be inserted with the finger essentially parallel to the cutting edge; an indentation in the body between the first end and the second end to facilitate a user grasp of the body; a protuberance associated with an outer surface of the finger hook facing the first end to accommodate the user's finger when the user grasps the body, thereby stabilizing the shaving apparatus; a wheel rotatingly attached to the lower surface near the second end, an axis of rotation of the wheel parallel to the cutting edge. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The shaving apparatus according to claim 10 further comprising at least two juxtaposed indentations forming a waist therebetween. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The shaving apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the blade clip and the blade cartridge are unitary. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The shaving apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the body and the clip are configured such that when the shaving apparatus is placed on a planar surface with the lower surface facing the planar surface, only an edge of the blade cartridge farthest from the wheel and the wheel contact the planar surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The shaving apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the blade clip is removably attached to the body. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The shaving apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the blade cartridge is removably attached to the blade clip. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The shaving apparatus according to claim 15, wherein a hinge attaches the blade cartridge to the blade clip.