# US 9,873,206 B2 · Interchangeable shaver

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- Number: US 9,873,206 B2
- Document ID: US9873206B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/210,150
- Filed: 2014-03-13
- Published: 2016-05-19
- Granted: 2018-01-23
- Earliest claimed: 2014-03-13
- Applicants: Karl O. Gulledge
- Inventors: Karl O. Gulledge
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9873206B2

## CPC

- B26B 21/523: {Extendible or foldable handles; Extensions}
- B26B 21/521: {Connection details, e.g. connection to razor heads}
- 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

Improvements in an interchangeable shaver that accepts a variety of different disposable razors. To retain a disposable razor with a handle the interchangeable shaver has a cavity where the handle of the disposable razor slides into the holder to grip the handle and prevents the disposable razor from rotating as the shaver is drawn up, down and along the back, legs or other area of a person. The adapter angles the disposable razor to provide an optimal shaving angle for maximum hair removal and the closest shave to reduce the frequency of repeat shaving. A further improvement is an adapter that connects the interchangeable shaver to a disposable head. The adapter is configured to accommodate different disposable heads with a single adapter. The shaver has an extendable handle configured to prevent the razor from rotating on the shaft.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An interchangeable shaver comprising:
a handle;
said handle being extendable;
said handle having multiple sections that telescope together;
said handle having an interior hole for accepting at least one adapter;
said at least one adapter configured to accept a disposable razor head;
said at least one adapter having two spring tabs grip an inside of said disposable razor head;
said interior hole is tapered to accept a complimentary tapered shaft to retain said at least one adapter in said handle, and
said at least one adapter has a split curved neck having said two spring tabs that extend between said tapered shaft to a hole and said two spring plurality of tabs for accepting said disposable razor head whereby said split curved neck is configured to flex and move said two spring tabs closer together to accept said disposable razor head.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The interchangeable shaver according to claim 1 wherein said spring tabs includes outward facing opposing engagement features that grasp said disposable razor head and a curved surface that allows said disposable razor head to move in an arc travel on said adapter.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The interchangeable shaver according to claim 1 wherein said tapered circular shaft is a male and said circular hole is a female that engage into each other to provide a grip of said tapered shaft in said hole.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The interchangeable shaver according to claim 1 wherein said multiple telescoping sections are not round in cross section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The interchangeable shaver according to claim 1 wherein said multiple telescoping sections are elliptical in cross section.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The interchangeable shaver according to claim 1 wherein said multiple telescoping sections provide adjustment between six inches and 36 inches.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The interchangeable shaver according to claim 1 wherein said adapter further includes a receiver that is angularly adjustable relative to said handle with an elbow having angled cross sections.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The interchangeable shaver according to claim 1 wherein said at least one adapter has a curved arc.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The interchangeable shaver according to claim 8 wherein said at least one pin stop limits travel of said disposable razor on said curved arc.