# US 9,751,226 B2 · Protective cover for a shaving cartridge, a shaving assembly, a razor, a method of shaving with such a razor and a method of manufacturing a protective cover > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,751,226 B2 - Document ID: US9751226B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/818,197 - Filed: 2011-08-04 - Published: 2013-08-08 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2010-08-30 - Assignees: Bic-Violex SA - Applicants: Yiannis Marios Psimadas; Ioannis Bozikis; Luca Iaccarino - Inventors: Yiannis Marios Psimadas; Ioannis Bozikis; Luca Iaccarino - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751226B2 ## CPC - B26B 21/4037: {Details or parts covering the blades, e.g. caps for storage; Attachments} - B26B 21/225: {the changeable unit being resiliently mounted on the handle} - B26B 21/4006: {Blades or blade units with discontinuous cutting edges, e.g. wire-wrapped, notches} - B26B 21/4043: {Contour trimming} - B26B 21/4068: {Mounting devices; Manufacture of razors or cartridges (B26B21/528 takes precedence)} - B26B 21/4081: {Shaving methods; Usage or wear indication; Testing methods} - B26B 21/42: for cutting hair of preselected or variable length (combs, stencils or guides specially adapted for hair trimming devices A45D24/36) - B26B 21/521: {Connection details, e.g. connection to razor heads} - Y10T 29/49956: Riveting - Y10T 83/04: Processes - 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) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A protective cover for a shaving cartridge, a shaving assembly including a cartridge and a protective cover, a razor having a razor handle and such a shaving assembly, a method of shaving with such a razor and a method of manufacturing such a protective cover. The protective cover includes a housing extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis (A) and is provided with a comb and a trimming blade, the trimming blade having an elongated cutting edge and the comb having several teeth projecting obliquely to the longitudinal axis (A) and protruding forwardly with regard to the trimming blade. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A protective cover for a shaving cartridge including a housing for securely retaining shaving blades, each shaving blade having a cutting edge, the protective cover, being structurally separate from the shaving cartridge, comprising a housing extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis, and including a comb at least one trimming blade, and an opening configured to slidably receive the shaving cartridge such that the housing of the protective cover, when slid onto the shaving cartridge, completely and directly covers the cutting edges of the shaving blades, the at least one trimming blade having an elongated straight cutting edge and the comb having several teeth projecting perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis and protruding forwardly with regard to the at least one trimming blade. ### Claim 2 A protective cover for a shaving cartridge including a housing for securely retaining shaving blades, each shaving blade having a cutting edge; the protective cover, being structurally separate from the shaving cartridge, comprising a housing extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis, and including a comb, at least one trimming blade, and an opening configured to slidably receive the shaving cartridge such that the housing of the protective cover, when slid onto the shaving cartridge, completely and directly covers the cutting edges of the shaving blades, the at least one trimming blade having an elongated straight cutting edge parallel to the longitudinal axis and the comb having several teeth projecting perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis and protruding forwardly with regard to the at least one trimming blade. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The protective cover according to claim 2, wherein the teeth protrude forwardly with regard to the housing of the protective cover. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The protective cover according to claim 2, wherein the protective cover is provided with a rear opening in connection with the opening through which, when the shaving cartridge having connecting members is covered by the protective cover, the connecting members are accessible for connection to a razor handle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The protective cover according to claim 2, wherein the housing of the protective cover comprises a front face and a rear face, the at least one trimming blade and the comb being provided on the front face. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The protective cover according to claim 5, wherein a rear opening in connection with the opening is provided on the rear face. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The protective cover according to claim 5, wherein the housing of the protective cover comprises an upper part and a lower part, the comb being provided on the upper part and the at least one trimming blade being located between the upper part and the lower part. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The protective cover according to claim 7, wherein a cavity is provided between the upper part and the lower part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The protective cover according to claim 8, further comprising a rearwardly skin contacting surface located rearward of the at least one trimming blade, the elongated straight cutting edge of the at least one trimming blade being inclined with regard to a plane tangential to the rearwardly skin contacting surface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The protective cover according to claim 9, wherein the at least one trimming blade is fixedly and unreleasably mounted in the housing of the protective cover. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The protective cover according to claim 10, wherein the at least one trimming blade is rivet mounted in the housing of the protective cover. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The protective cover according to claim 2, wherein the housing of the protective cover comprises a back ventilation opening. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The protective cover according to claim 12, further provided with several combs.