Shaving razor cartridge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10864646-B2
Application number	US-201916367442-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

A shaving razor cartridge includes a housing and at least one razor blade. The housing extends between a front end and a rear end. The housing includes a blade support portion and a handle interface portion. The blade support portion is positioned between the front end and the rear end and includes a cap and a guard. The guard is spaced from the cap and cooperates with the cap to define a shaving plane. The handle interface portion is positioned between the front end and the rear end and includes a rear wall, a front wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The rear wall includes a lower surface and an interior surface. The front wall includes a lower surface and an interior surface and is spaced from the rear wall. The at least one razor blade is disposed in the blade support portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shaving razor cartridge comprising:
a housing that extends between a front end of the shaving razor cartridge and a rear end of the shaving razor cartridge, the housing comprising:
a blade support portion positioned between the front end and the rear end and comprising:
a cap; and
a guard spaced from the cap and cooperating with the cap to define a shaving plane; and

a handle interface portion positioned between the front end and the rear end and comprising:
a rear wall comprising a lower surface and an interior surface; and
a front wall comprising a lower surface and an interior surface and spaced from the rear wall;
a first sidewall that extends between the rear wall and the front wall and comprises an interior surface;
a second sidewall that extends between the rear wall and the front wall comprises an interior surface, the second sidewall being spaced from the first sidewall; and

at least one razor blade disposed in the blade support portion between the cap and the guard, wherein:
the front wall intersects each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall at a pair of front corners;
the rear wall intersects each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall at a pair of rear corners;
the lower surfaces cooperate to define a lower opening;
the front wall, the rear wall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall cooperate to at least partially define a handle receptacle that extends to the lower opening;
the rear wall is more proximate to the blade support portion than the front wall;
one or more of the front corners and the rear corners are configured to flex to facilitate removal and insertion of a handle with respect to the handle receptacle.

2. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 1 wherein each of the front corners and the rear corners are configured to flex to facilitate removal and insertion of the handle with respect to the handle receptacle.

3. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 1 wherein:
one or more of the front corners comprises a first cross-sectional moment of inertia;
one or more of the front wall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall comprises a second cross-sectional moment of inertia adjacent to the front corners; and
the second cross-sectional moment of inertia is greater than the first cross-sectional moment of inertia.

4. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 3 wherein the first cross-sectional moment of inertia is less than 2 mm 4 .

5. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 1 wherein:
one or more of the front corners comprises a first cross-sectional moment of inertia;
one or more of the rear corners comprises a second cross-sectional moment of inertia;
one or more of the front wall, the rear wall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall comprises a third cross-sectional moment of inertia adjacent to the front corners; and
the third cross-sectional moment of inertia is greater than each of the first cross-sectional moment of inertia and the second cross-sectional moment of inertia.

6. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 5 wherein one or more of the first cross-sectional moment of inertia and the second cross-sectional moment of inertia is less than 2 mm 4 .

7. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 6 wherein the first cross-sectional moment of inertia and the second cross-sectional moment of inertia are substantially equal.

8. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 1 wherein the front wall has a first height, the rear wall has a second height, and the first height is less than the second height.

9. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 8 wherein the first height is between 1.5 mm and 7.5 mm, and the second height is between 7.5 mm and 12 mm.

10. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 1 wherein:
the handle interface portion further comprises an upper surface defining an upper opening; and
the handle receptacle extends between the lower opening and the upper opening; and
the upper opening is more proximate to the shaving plane than the lower opening.

11. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 10 wherein:
the at least one razor blade extends laterally between opposing sides of the blade support portion;
the lower opening has a first length that extends laterally along the handle interface portion;
the upper opening has a second length that extends laterally along the handle interface portion; and
the first length is greater than the second length.

12. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 11 wherein the first length is between 29 mm and 39 mm, and the second length is between 26 mm and 36 mm.

13. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 10 wherein the upper surface is within a vertical distance of the shaving plane.

14. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 13 wherein the upper surface is disposed between the shaving plane and the lower surfaces.

15. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 14 wherein the vertical distance is less than 1 mm.

16. A shaving razor cartridge comprising:
a housing that extends between a front end of the shaving razor cartridge and a rear end of the shaving razor cartridge, the housing comprising:
a blade support portion positioned between the front end and the rear end and comprising:
a cap; and
a guard spaced from the cap and cooperating with the cap to define a shaving plane; and

a handle interface portion positioned between the front end and the rear end and comprising:
a rear wall comprising a lower surface and an interior surface; and
a front wall comprising a lower surface and an interior surface and spaced from the rear wall;
a first sidewall that extends between the rear wall and the front wall and comprises an interior surface;
a second sidewall that extends between the rear wall and the front wall comprises an interior surface, the second sidewall being spaced from the first sidewall; and

at least one razor blade disposed in the blade support portion between the cap and the guard, wherein:
the front wall intersects each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall at a pair of front corners;
the rear wall intersects each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall at a pair of rear corners;
the lower surfaces cooperate to define a lower opening;
the front wall, the rear wall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall cooperate to at least partially define a handle receptacle that extends to the lower opening;
the rear wall is more proximate to the blade support portion than the front wall;
one or more of the rear corners comprises a first cross-sectional moment of inertia;
one or more of the rear wall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall comprises a second cross-sectional moment of inertia adjacent to the rear corners; and
the second cross-sectional moment of inertia is greater than the first cross-sectional moment of inertia.

17. The shaving razor cartridge of claim 16 wherein the first cross-sectional moment of inertia is less than 2 mm 4 .

18. A shaving razor cartridge comprising:
a housing that extends between a front end of the shaving razor cartridge and a rear end of the shaving razor cartridge, the housing comprising:
a blade support portion positioned between the front end and the rear end and comprising:
a cap; and
a guard spaced from the cap and cooperating with the cap to define a shaving plane; and

a handle interface portion positioned between the front end and the rear end and comprising:
a rear wall comprising a lower surface and an interior surface; and
a front wall comprising a lower surface and an interior surface and spaced from the rear wall

Assignees

• Gillette Co Llc

Inventors

• Long Matthew Michael
• Patel Ashok Bakul
• Bruno Michael Hal

Classifications

• B26B21/521 Primary

  Connection details, e.g. connection to razor heads · CPC title

• B26B21/4012

  Housing details, e.g. for cartridges · CPC title

• B26B21/446

  Shaving aid stored in the razor handle · CPC title

• B26B21/4018

  Guard elements · CPC title

• B26B21/4043

  Contour trimming · CPC title