Pivoting resilient skin contacting member for razor cartridges

1. A shaving system comprising

a handle having an enlarged proximal end portion

a housing spaced apart from the enlarged proximal end portion of the handle, the housing having a front face, at least one blade and a cap behind the at least one blade;

an elastomeric member molded to the housing and the handle interconnecting the housing and the handle to form an integral unit; wherein the elastomeric member includes a resilient skin contacting element that flexes to facilitate a pivotable movement of the housing relative to the handle between a biased neutral position and a flexed position and facilitates stretching of skin during a shaving stroke, wherein a bottom surface of the resilient skin contacting element defines a recess that parallel to the front face of the housing and extends about 30% to 100% of a width of the resilient skin contacting element and facilitates pivoting of the housing relative to the handle.

2. The shaving system of claim 1 wherein a top surface of the resilient skin contacting element is generally arcuate.

3. The shaving system of claim 1 wherein the enlarged proximal end portion of the handle abuts about 40% to about 100% of a width of the resilient skin contacting member.

4. The shaving system of claim 1 wherein the resilient skin contacting element has a generally convex profile that curves down and away from the housing.

5. The shaving system of claim 1 further comprising three blades mounted to the housing.

6. The shaving system of claim 1 wherein the housing is chemically bonded to the resilient skin contacting element.

7. The shaving system of claim 1 wherein the handle has a gripping portion extending along a first axis and the enlarged proximal end portion extends along a second axis offset from the first axis by about 10 degrees to about 50 degrees.

8. A shaving system comprising

a handle having an enlarged proximal end portion

a housing spaced apart from the enlarged proximal end portion of the handle, the housing having a front face, at least one blade and a cap behind the at least one blade;

an elastomeric member molded to the housing and the handle interconnecting the housing and the handle to form an integral unit; wherein the elastomeric member includes a resilient skin contacting element that flexes to facilitate a pivotable movement of the

housing relative to the handle between a biased neutral position and a flexed position and facilitates stretching of skin during a shaving stroke, wherein the housing has a first and second lateral end portions each having one or more attachment tabs joined to the resilient skin contacting element.

9. A shaving system comprising

a handle having an enlarged proximal end portion

a housing spaced apart from the enlarged proximal end portion of the handle, the housing having a front face, at least one blade and a cap behind the at least one blade;

an elastomeric member molded to the housing and the handle interconnecting the housing and the handle to form an integral unit; wherein the elastomeric member includes a resilient skin contacting element that flexes to facilitate a pivotable movement of the

housing relative to the handle between a biased neutral position and a flexed position and facilitates stretching of skin during a shaving stroke, wherein the front face of the housing comprises an interlock member that forms a mechanical interlock with the resilient skin contacting element.