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Granted Patent B2
US 10,688,674 · App. 15/866,564 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Personal care product handle

Inventors: Robert Schaefer (Frankfurt, DE); Christoph Zegula (Frankfurt, DE); Matthias Paschold (Wolmirstedt, DE); Christian Litterst (Frankfurt, DE); Judith von Dahlen (Frankfurt, DE)
Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
B26B19/3853A45D27/29B26B19/3873H01F7/0242
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Patent No.
US 10,688,674
App. No.
15/866,564
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A personal care product having a handle is provided. The handle has a handle resting plane and at least one docking magnet positioned within an end portion. The docking magnet has an axis of polarity that intersects the handle resting plane at an included angle of less than 35 degrees.

Claims (18)

1. A personal care product, comprising:

a handle having an elongated gripping portion, the handle having a handle resting plane, wherein the handle has a first end portion and a second end portion, a first docking magnet is positioned within the first end portion for docking and holding the personal care product on a personal care product stand and a shaving razor cartridge is coupled to the second end portion, the first docking magnet having an axis of polarity that intersects the handle resting plane at an included angle of 15 degrees to 35 degrees.

2. The personal care product of claim 1 , wherein the handle comprises a second docking magnet positioned within the first end portion.

3. The personal care product of claim 2 , wherein the first docking magnet has an opposite polarity as a polarity of the second docking magnet.

4. The personal care product of claim 2 , further comprising a yoke connecting the first docking magnet and the second docking magnet.

5. The personal care product of claim 1 , wherein the first docking magnet is cylindrical.

6. The personal care product of claim 1 , wherein the first end portion comprises a personal care product stand contact area.

7. The personal care product of claim 6 , wherein the personal care product stand contact area is entirely positioned within a lower 5% of an overall length of the handle.

8. The personal care product of claim 7 , wherein the personal care product stand contact area is entirely positioned within a lower 2% of the overall length of the handle.

9. The personal care product of claim 6 , wherein the personal care product stand contact area has an inner surface and the first docking magnet is in contact with the inner surface.

10. The personal care product of claim 6 , wherein the handle has a center of mass spaced apart from a lowermost point of the personal care product stand contact area of the first end portion of the handle by 30 mm to 80 mm.

11. A personal care product, comprising:

a handle having an elongated gripping portion, the handle having a handle resting plane, wherein

the handle has an end first portion and a first docking magnet positioned within the first end portion for docking and holding the personal care product on a personal care product stand,

the first docking magnet having an axis of polarity that intersects the handle resting plane at an included angle of 15 degrees to 35 degrees, and

the first end portion comprises a personal care product stand contact area and an alignment member positioned within the personal care product stand contact area; and a shaving razor cartridge is coupled to a second end portion of the handle.

12. The personal care product of claim 11 , wherein the alignment member is selected from the group consisting of a groove and a protrusion.

13. The personal care product of claim 12 , wherein the alignment member is configured to engage a corresponding alignment member on the personal care product stand.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2018
From: SCHAEFER, ROBERT; ZEGULA, CHRISTOPH; PASCHOLD, MATTHIAS; LITTERST, CHRISTIAN; VON DAHLEN, JUDITH
To: THE GILLETTE COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 044580/0863 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17152538 · Jan 20, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180207819A1 · Jul 26, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,658,741