IP Library Granted Patent US 10,226,874
Granted Patent B2
US 10,226,874 · App. 15/235,056 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Handle for a razor

Inventors: Hong Lu (Newton, MA); Stephen Charles Witkus (Northbridge, MA); Alexander Stephen Forti (Dedham, MA); Huibin Gong (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
B26B21/521B26B21/222B26B21/522B26B21/528
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,226,874
App. No.
15/235,056
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handle for a razor cartridge is provided. The handle includes a head and the head has a cartridge engaging end configured to receive a razor cartridge, and an attachment end includes a stem, a pair of posts disposed on opposite sides of the stem, and at least one protrusion, the at least one protrusion being configured to interact with a handle body to facilitate attachment of the attachment end thereto. The stem defines a centerline and the protrusion extends away from the stem and the centerline. In an embodiment where the attachment end includes a pair of protrusions, one of the protrusions may be longer than the other protrusion.

Claims (7)

1. A head for a razor handle, the head comprising:

a cartridge engaging end configured to receive a razor cartridge; and

an attachment end comprising a stem, a pair of posts disposed on opposite sides of the stem, and at least one protrusion, the at least one protrusion being configured to interact with a handle body to facilitate attachment of the attachment end thereto;

wherein the stem defines a centerline and the protrusion extends away from the stem and the centerline and wherein the at least one protrusion comprises a pair of protrusions wherein one of the protrusions is longer than the other protrusion.

2. The head of claim 1 , wherein each of the protrusions extends away from the stem in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the centerline.

3. The head of claim 1 , wherein each of the posts extend from the stem in a different direction from the protrusions.

4. The handle of claim 3 , wherein each post comprises an enlarged distal end.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2016
From: GONG, HUIBIN
To: YAMADA ELECTRIC IND. CO., LTD.,
Reel/Frame 040333/0014 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2016
From: YAMADA ELECTRIC IND. CO., LTD.,
To: THE GILLETTE COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 040333/0033 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2016
From: LU, HONG; WITKUS, STEPHEN CHARLES; FORTI, ALEXANDER STEPHEN
To: THE GILLETTE COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 039998/0662 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 26, 2016
From: THE GILLETTE COMPANY; THE GILLETTE COMPANY LLC
To: THE GILLETTE COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 040145/0258 →
Continuity (1)
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