The Gillette Company

Paul Nowak

Robert A Trotta

Alejandro Carlos Lee

Charles Bridgham Worrick, Iii

Stephen C Metcalf

William C Carson

Katherine Elizabeth Anderson

Tzu-Jun Yen

Ralph Kenneth Maider, Jr

A cartridge-connecting subassembly for a shaving razor handle including a cartridge connecting structure, a handle connecting structure, and a movable component within the cartridge connecting structure that interacts with a replaceable cartridge when it is connected. The cartridge connecting structure and handle connecting structure have outer side surfaces that mate with inwardly directed surfaces of the cartridge and handle so that the subassembly is substantially covered when it is mounted in the handle and a cartridge is connected. The subassembly has an assembly opening for receiving the movable component during assembly, a cartridge interaction opening through which the component is movable for interaction with the cartridge, and blocking structure that retains the movable component in the subassembly. The movable component is an ejector structure that is separate from the cartridge connecting structure. The subassembly is connected to the handle by staking. The handle has gripping pads with an elastomeric outer layer and a nonelastomeric support layer thereunder.

Shaving razor and method

A razor blade assembly has a body member containing blade means which may be resiliently mounted and biased outwardly from the body member. A wrap-around clip is provided at both sides of the body member, the clip having its ends terminating at the bottom surface of the body member. Means are provided for inhibiting movement of the clip ends relative to the bottom surface upon impact loading of the razor blade assembly.

Razor construction

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Danvers, MA, United States of America

Paul Nowak