The Gillette Company

Braun Gmbh

Matthias Paschold

Christian Arnold Litterst

Robert Schaefer

Judith Von Dahlen

Christoph Zegula

Norbert Schaefer

Uwe Schober

Tobias Schwarz

Robert Schäfer

Robert SCHÄFER

A personal hygiene device has a drive unit having a support, a stator fixedly mounted at the support, and an armature spring-mounted at the support for driven linear oscillating motion along a first longitudinal direction parallel to or coinciding with an x-axis of an x-y-z coordinate system. The armature has a center of gravity located in rest at a coordinate [x, y, z], and a drive shaft fixedly coupled with the armature and having a center of gravity located in rest at a coordinate [x, y, z]. A first treatment head assembly, detachably connected to the drive shaft, has a center of gravity located in rest at a coordinate [x, y, z]. A secondary mass element, spring-mounted at the support for essentially linear oscillating motion along the first longitudinal direction, has a center of gravity located in rest at a coordinate [x, y, z]. At least the coordinate [x, y, z] of the center of gravity of the armature has an offset in at least one of the y-direction and z-direction with respect to the coordinate [x, y, z] of the center of gravity of the drive-shaft or with respect to the coordinate [x, y, z] of the center of gravity of the first treatment head assembly, i.e., y&#x2260;yand/or y&#x2260;yand/or z&#x2260;zand/or z&#x2260;z; and the secondary mass element is configured such that the coordinate [x, y, z] of the center of gravity of the secondary mass element is aligned with the coordinate [x, y, z] of the joint center of gravity of the drive shaft, the first treatment head assembly and the armature in the at least one offset direction, i.e., y=yand z=z, so that a line connecting the coordinate [x, y, z] of the center of gravity of the secondary mass element and the coordinate [x, yz] of the joint center of gravity is parallel to or coincides with the x-axis.

Personal hygiene device

A personal care product system having a personal care product stand and a handle is provided. The handle can be docked with the personal care product stand when not in use. The position of the handle relative to the personal care product stand is maintained by a docking magnet in the handle and a docking magnet in the personal care product stand. The handle is tilted with respect to a vertical axis and a majority of the handle is unsupported.

Personal care product docking system

A personal care product system having a stand and a handle is provided. The handle can be docked with the stand when not in use. The position of the handle relative to the stand is maintained by a docking magnet in the handle and a docking magnet in the stand. The stand includes a base having a stand resting plane and an opposing top surface. The handle extends upward from the opposing top surface of the stand and is tilted with respect to a vertical axis with a majority of the handle being unsupported. A handle resting plane intersects the stand resting plane at an included angle of less than 90 degrees, and an axis of polarity of the docking magnet in the handle intersects the handle resting plane at an included angle between 15 and 35 degrees to facilitate the tilted position of the handle.

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.

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Wolmirstedt, Germany

Matthias Paschold