Knowledge & Merchandising, Inc. Ltd.

Hardware, LLC

The King of Shaves Company Limited

William Ashley King

A shaving system including a bifurcated razor handle () having a unitary, two-shot plastics molding having a pair of hinges () with elastomeric springs () joined by a cartridge mounting portion () which receives the bottom side of a generally flat, multi-blade cartridge () in fixed, snap-fit relation. The cartridge is retained in a dispenser () beneath a resilient leaf () and pressed onto the mounting portion along an engagement axis E normal to the shaving plane, the leaf being received in a recess () between the mounting portion and the cartridge. The cartridge is then retracted from the dispenser along a retraction axis R generally parallel with the shaving plane. The mounting portion includes digit-receiving regionsfor pressing the mounting portion onto the cartridge, an ejection element () for disengaging the cartridge from the handle, and an elastomeric skin-engaging platform () arranged in advance of the shaving plane.

Shaving system comprising a razor handle

A shaving system comprises a bifurcated razor handle () comprising a unitary, two-shot plastics molding having a pair of hinges () with elastomeric springs () joined by a cartridge mounting portion () which receives the bottom side of a generally flat, multi-blade cartridge () in fixed, snap-fit relation. The cartridge is retained in a dispenser () beneath a resilient leaf () and pressed onto the mounting portion along an engagement axis E normal to the shaving plane, the leaf being received in a recess () between the mounting portion and the cartridge. The cartridge is then retracted from the dispenser along a retraction axis R generally parallel with the shaving plane. The mounting portion includes digit-receiving regions () for pressing the mounting portion onto the cartridge, an ejection element () for disengaging the cartridge from the handle, and an elastomeric skin-engaging platform () arranged in advance of the shaving plane.

A razor head has blade members with straight front cuffing edges which are mutually parallel and lie in a cutting plane. Imaginary median surfaces of the blade members are continuously curved from the cutting plane, from the cutting edges toward the rear edges. The razor has a handle with a pair of fork arms, the distal ends of which are connected to the head at positions adjacent the respective ends of the head. Each fork arm has a groove allowing pivoting of the distal end about a pivot axis parallel to the head axis but which does not pass through the razor head. Each groove is filled with a resiliently deformable material which is deformed when a pivoting force is applied to the razor head during shaving and which restores the razor head to a normal position when the force is removed.

Shaving product

Razor handle

A razor head has blade members with straight front cutting edges which are mutually parallel and lie in a cutting plane. Imaginary median surfaces of the blade members are continuously curved from the cutting plane, from the cutting edges toward the rear edges. The razor has a handle with a pair of fork arms, the distal ends of which are connected to the head at positions adjacent the respective ends of the head. Each fork arm has a groove allowing pivoting of the distal end about a pivot axis parallel to the head axis. Each groove is filled with a resiliently deformable material which is deformed when a pivoting force is applied to the razor head during shaving and which restores the razor head to a normal position when the force is removed.

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Marlow, United Kingdom

William Ashley King