HAIR REMOVAL CARTRIDGE WITH ELONGATED RECESS
A hair removal cartridge having a housing, a cap, and at least one blade mounted to the housing. The blade has a blade edge in front of the cap. A guard is in front of the blade. The guard defines an elongated recess having an overall width extending parallel to the blade that is 70% to 100% of an overall width of the guard.
1 . A hair removal cartridge comprising:
a housing;
a cap;
at least one blade mounted to the housing, the blade having a blade edge in front of the cap,
a guard in front of the blade, the guard defining an elongated recess wherein elongated recess has an overall width extending parallel to the blade that is 70% to 100% of an overall width of the guard.
2 . The shaving cartridge of claim 1 wherein the housing has a front end wall and the elongated recess extends from the front wall toward the blade.
3 . The shaving cartridge of claim 1 wherein the overall width of the elongated recess is 80% to 95% of the overall width of the guard.
4 . The shaving cartridge of claim 1 wherein the elongated recess has a width to length ratio of 4:1 to 9:1.
5 . The shaving cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the guard defines a notch within the recess.
6 . The shaving cartridge of claim 5 wherein the notch is located toward a mid line of the housing.
7 . The shaving cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the guard has a plurality of projections in front of the blade and behind the recess.
8 . The shaving cartridge of claim 7 wherein the plurality of projections define a plurality of open channels transverse to the blade.
9 . The shaving cartridge of claim 7 wherein the open channels extend from the recess toward the blade.
10 . The shaving cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the guard has a pair of lateral projections and the elongated recess is positioned between the pair of lateral projections.