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US 8,938,885 B2Granted
Razor handle with a rotatable portion
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorChristopher John Stevens
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Abstract
A handle for a shaving razor is described in which the handle comprises a grip portion and a neck portion coupled to an end of the grip portion. The neck portion comprises a frame coupled to the end of the grip portion, the frame comprising a pin; a pod rotatably coupled to the frame, the pod defining an aperture to receive the pin of the frame, wherein the pod is configured to rotate about an axis substantially perpendicular to a length of the grip portion; and a spring coupled to the pod, wherein the spring generates a return torque when the pod is rotated.
Claims14
A handle for a shaving razor, the handle comprising:
- a grip portion;
- and
- a neck portion coupled to an end of the grip portion, the neck portion comprising:
- a frame coupled to the end of the grip portion, the frame comprising a pin;
- a pod rotatably coupled to the frame, the pod defining an aperture to receive the pin of the frame, wherein the pod is configured to rotate about an axis substantially perpendicular to a length of the grip portion;
- a spring having two ends with one end coupled to the pod, wherein the spring generates a return torque when the pod is rotated, and
- an anchor having a first end and a second end, and wherein the first end is coupled to the end of the grip portion and the second end is coupled to the other end of the spring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.