Safety Razor

1 . A safety razor, comprising:

a razor cartridge comprising a housing including cartridge pivoting connecting structure defining a pivot axis;

wherein the razor cartridge is mounted to a handle having an arm terminating in handle pivoting connecting structure, the handle pivoting connecting structure being engaged with the cartridge pivoting connecting structure of the razor cartridge to permit the razor cartridge to pivot relative to the handle about the pivot axis;

wherein the arm is moveable relative to the handle sequentially along a release direction and an opposed load direction, both generally along the pivot axis, to engage the handle pivoting connecting structure with the cartridge pivoting connecting structure of the razor cartridge as the handle is moved relative to the razor cartridge along a mount direction to mount the razor cartridge to the handle;

wherein the safety razor further includes a spring finger having an end portion and being flexible in a direction opposed to the mount direction;

wherein the spring finger is integrally formed with one of the housing and the arm, and the other of the housing and the arm includes blocking structure having a blocking surface generally perpendicular to the pivot axis; and

wherein the end portion of the spring finger is closely spaced from the blocking surface to prevent movement of the arm relative to the housing along the release direction sufficient to disengage the handle pivoting connecting structure from the cartridge pivoting connecting structure thereby releasing the razor cartridge from the handle.

2 . The safety razor of claim 1 , the arm is moveable relative to the handle by one of pivoting, elastic deformation and sliding.

3 . The safety razor of claim 2 , wherein the handle includes a connector and wherein the arm is one of mounted to and integrally formed with the connector.

4 . The safety razor of claim 1 , wherein when the blocking surface is on the housing, the blocking surface is an interior surface of the housing.

5 . The safety razor of claim 1 , wherein the release direction is toward a center plane of the handle.

6 . The safety razor of claim 4 , wherein the housing further includes a cam and the blocking surface is a side surface of the cam.

7 . The safety razor of claim 1 , wherein the handle pivoting connecting structure comprises one of a pin defining a cylindrical exterior surface and shell bearing structure.

8 . The safety razor of claim 1 , wherein the blocking structure further includes an inwardly facing surface generally perpendicular to the mount direction and the end portion of the spring finger is further closely spaced from the inwardly facing surface to prevent movement of the arm relative to the razor cartridge in a direction opposed to the mount direction to thereby prevent release of the razor cartridge from the handle.

9 . The safety razor of claim 1 , wherein the razor cartridge comprises a pair of cartridge pivoting connecting structures and the handle includes a pair of arms, each arm terminating in handle pivoting connecting structure, each respective handle pivoting connecting structure being engaged with respective cartridge pivoting connecting structure of the razor cartridge.

10 . The safety razor of claim 1 , wherein the safety razor further comprises a pair of spring fingers each having a respective end portion, and a pair of blocking surfaces and wherein the end portion of each spring finger is closely spaced from the respective blocking surface.

12 . The safety razor of claim 3 , wherein the razor cartridge comprises a pair of cartridge pivoting connecting structures and the connector includes a pair of arms, each arm terminating in handle pivoting connecting structure, each respective handle pivoting connecting structure being engaged with respective cartridge pivoting connecting structure of the razor cartridge.