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US 12,370,708 · App. 17/721,436 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Frame member for use with treatment sheet

Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney (Reading, GB); Mark Peterson (Reading, GB); Anthony William Shorey (Thatcham, GB)
Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
B26B21/4012A45D27/00A45D2200/1054
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Patent No.
US 12,370,708
App. No.
17/721,436
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention relates to a novel personal care product having a flat treatment sheet having an upper surface and a perimeter area on the upper surface, a frame member having an underside surface and at least one tab, wherein the frame member is disposed over the perimeter area of the flat treatment sheet and the underside surface of the frame member is coplanar with the upper surface of the flat treatment sheet and the at least one tab extends below the lower surface of the treatment sheet. An upper product end of the personal care product includes a housing having at least one housing window. The at least one tab of the frame member is bent into the housing window. The frame member includes a flat or chamfered upper surface. The flat treatment sheet treats skin, removes hair, or a combination thereof.

Claims (12)

1. A personal care product comprising:

a flat treatment sheet having an upper surface and a perimeter area on said upper surface;

a housing wherein the housing has one or more housing upper surfaces, and a housing wall;

a frame member having an underside surface and at least one tab, wherein said frame member is disposed over said perimeter area of said flat treatment sheet and said underside surface of said frame member is coplanar with said upper surface of said flat treatment sheet and said at least one tab extends below the flat treatment sheet; and

wherein the at least one tab extends over and into a portion of an outer surface of the housing wall.

2. The personal care product of claim 1 wherein said flat treatment sheet is rigid.

3. The personal care product of claim 1 wherein said flat treatment sheet has a plurality of apertures each of said plurality of apertures having an inner perimeter.

4. The personal care product of claim 1 further comprising an upper product end wherein said upper product end comprises the housing wherein said housing further comprising one or more of a housing step surface, at least one housing window formed in the housing wall, or any combination thereof.

5. The personal care product of claim 4 wherein said at least one tab is bent into said housing window.

6. The personal care product of claim 1 wherein said frame member comprises a plurality of tabs in addition to said at least one tab.

7. The personal care product of claim 1 wherein said flat treatment sheet treats skin, removes hair, or a combination thereof.

8. The personal care product of claim 1 wherein said frame member comprises a flat upper surface or a chamfered upper surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: KEARNEY, ROBERT ANDREW; PETERSON, MARK; SHOREY, ANTHONY WILLIAM
To: THE GILLETTE COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 060711/0921 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63177194 · Apr 20, 2021
Related Publication 20220332001A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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