Shaver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9701034-B2
Application number	US-201214651782-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2012
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A shaver that includes a handle with an elongated handgrip portion and a mounting portion, a shaver head attached to the mounting portion, the shaver head having a back structure. A removable cartridge is attached to the shaver head through a slidable button provided on the shaver head.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shaver comprising:
a handle with an elongated handgrip portion and a mounting portion,
a shaver head attached to the mounting portion, the shaver head having a back structure,
a removable cartridge, the cartridge including at least one blade, the cartridge being adapted to be attached to the shaver head and removed from the shaver head, and
a button provided on the shaver head, the button being slidable, the button being adapted to attach and disengage the cartridge to or from the shaver head.

2. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the shaver head can be attached pivotally to the mounting portion.

3. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the button includes a holding portion, and wherein the holding portion is adapted to attach the cartridge to the shaver head.

4. The shaver according to claim 3 , wherein the button further includes a body, the cartridge further includes a holder, wherein the holding portion is a pin, protruding from the body, and wherein the holding portion cooperates with the holder to attach the cartridge to the shaver head.

5. The shaver according to claim 4 , wherein the holding portion of the button is a pin, protruding from the body, and wherein, upon insertion of the cartridge, the pin enters a loop forming the holder and thus retains the cartridge in the shaver head.

6. The shaver according to claim 3 , wherein the cartridge further includes a holder, and wherein the holding portion of the button encounters the holder of the cartridge, thus attaching the cartridge to the shaver head.

7. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the button is slidable in a direction parallel with a direction of shaving.

8. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the button includes a finger receiving region, lateral walls, a bottom part, a body, and a holding portion, wherein the finger receiving region, the lateral walls, and the bottom part form a frame, and wherein the body is provided on the bottom part, protruding towards the finger receiving region.

9. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the button defines a neutral position, and wherein the shaver head further includes a return spring, the return spring being adapted to return the button to the neutral position.

10. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the button is adapted to eject the cartridge in a direction perpendicular to a direction of shaving when disengaging said cartridge.

11. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the shaver head further includes at least one leaf spring, adapted to eject the cartridge from the shaver head.

12. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the shaver head includes lateral walls, and wherein the shaver head further includes a pair of leaf springs adapted to eject the cartridge from the shaver head, each of the pair of leaf springs being provided adjacent the lateral walls.

13. A head and handle assembly for a shaver, the head and handle assembly comprising:
a handle with an elongated handgrip portion and a mounting portion,
a shaver head, the shaver head being attached to the mounting portion, the shaver head being adapted to receive a cartridge, the shaver head having a back structure, and a button, the button being provided on the shaver head, the button being slidable,
the button being adapted to attach and disengage the cartridge to/from the shaver head.

14. The head and handle assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the shaver head can be attached pivotally to the mounting portion.

15. The head and handle assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the shaver head further includes at least one leaf spring, adapted to eject the cartridge from the shaver head.

16. The head and handle assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the button includes a body and a holding portion, and wherein the holding portion is a pin, protruding from the body.

17. The head and handle assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the button is slidable in a direction parallel with a direction of shaving.

Assignees

• Bic Violex Sa
• Bic Violex Sa

Inventors

• Papadopoulos-Papageorgis Phaedon
• Zafiropoulos Panagiotis
• Efthimiadis Dimitrios

Classifications

• B26B21/227

  with blades being resiliently mounted in the changeable unit · CPC title

• B26B21/225

  the changeable unit being resiliently mounted on the handle · CPC title

• B26B21/222

  with the blades moulded into, or attached to, a changeable unit (B26B21/4006 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B26B21/521 Primary

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

• B26B21/14

  Safety razors with one or more blades arranged transversely to the handle · CPC title