Hair clipper with tapered radial handle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11602865-B2
Application number	US-202117318690-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2021
Priority date	Dec 10, 2020
Publication date	Mar 14, 2023
Grant date	Mar 14, 2023

Abstract

A haircutter handle has upper and lower housings. The upper housing and lower housing join to form a circumvoluted and/or spiraled exterior surface. The handle narrows and extends axially from a blade end to a handle or gripping end. The blade has an upper blade that oscillates over the lower blade to cut hair. The handle has a reduction taper that facilitates gripping and/or handling the handle. The taper also orients the motor and battery so that the center of gravity is positioned within the palm of the user's hand when gripping the handle. The blade end of the handle has a width and/or height that are greater than a width and/or height at the handle end. The reduction in height and/or width dimensions define a taper. In some embodiments, the width tapers more than the height tapers to facilitate gripping the handle about the center of gravity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A haircutter, comprising:
a blade assembly defining a cutting end of the haircutter and having a stationary blade and an oscillating blade that oscillates cutting teeth over the stationary blade to cut hair; and
a handle, having:
an upper housing having a spiral exterior surface including spiral ridges, wherein the spiral ridges have an orientation at an angle relative to an axial axis of the handle;
a lower housing having a spiral exterior surface including spiral ridges, wherein the spiral ridges have an orientation at an angle relative to the axial axis of the handle such that the spiral exterior surface of the lower housing aligns with the spiral exterior surface of the upper housing to define a handle gripping end opposite the blade assembly at the cutting end;
a base defined at the handle gripping end;

wherein the lower housing couples to the upper housing to define a height taper and a width taper, wherein the height taper is defined as a reduction from a maximum height to a height at the base of the handle gripping end between the upper housing and the lower housing, and the width taper is defined as the reduction of a maximum width of the handle between the upper housing and the lower housing to a width at the base of the handle gripping end; and
wherein the width at the base is between 5% and 10% greater than the height at the base, and wherein the width taper is greater than the height taper, such that the width of the handle is reduced more than the height of the handle.

2. The haircutter of claim 1 , wherein the maximum width is greater than 1.7 inches, and the width at the base of the handle gripping end is less than 1.3 inches, such that the width taper is less than or equal to 77%.

3. The haircutter of claim 1 , wherein the maximum height is greater than 1.6 inches, and the height at the base of the handle gripping end is less than 1.1 inches, such that the height taper is less than or equal to 69%.

4. The haircutter of claim 1 , further comprising a rotary motor, wherein the rotary motor and the blade assembly are captured behind the blade assembly, and wherein the rotary motor is captured in a front 45% of the handle at the cutting end opposite the handle gripping end.

5. The haircutter of claim 1 , further comprising an electric charging port at the handle gripping end and a battery within an internal cavity, wherein the electric charging port is electronically coupled to the battery in the internal cavity and captured in the handle gripping end of the upper housing and the lower housing.

6. The haircutter of claim 1 , further comprising a circular power button on the upper housing, the circular power button having a diameter less than or equal to 0.5 inches.

7. The haircutter of claim 1 , wherein the spiral exterior surface of the upper housing and the lower housing includes an alternating spiral groove between the spiral ridges, and wherein a spacing of the spiral groove is defined as a distance between adjacent spiral ridges and the spacing of the spiral groove is equal to a thickness of each of the spiral ridges.

8. The haircutter of claim 1 , wherein the spiral exterior surface of the upper housing and the lower housing has a spiral groove, and wherein a spacing of the spiral groove and a thickness of each of the spiral ridges are each less than or equal to 0.05 inches.

Assignees

• Andis Co

Inventors

• Novak Joseph
• Waller Evan Cutter
• Lundbäck Andreas
• Berglin Viktor

Classifications

• B26B19/06

  involving co-operating cutting elements both of which have shearing teeth · CPC title

• B26B19/3873

  Electric features; Charging; Computing devices · CPC title

• B26B19/205

  by adjustment of the cutting members · CPC title

• B26B19/3853 Primary

  Housing or handle · CPC title

• B26B19/12

  of the oscillating- cutter type; Cutting heads therefor; Cutters therefor (B26B19/04 takes precedence) · CPC title