Richard Garraway

Title: Richard Garraway and His Safety Razor Innovations.

Introduction

Richard Garraway is an inventor associated with Guildford, Great Britain, and The Gillette Company. His patent work focuses on safety razor design, including skin-contacting components and cutting elements intended to improve shaving performance.

Latest Patents

Garraway’s listed patents include two inventions.

- **Razor blade unit.** This invention describes a skin-engaging member with spaced, hollow projections extending upward from a base. The projections are open at their upper ends and made from resiliently flexible material. They are preferably arranged in rows and may be tubular, with different internal or external tapering configurations.

- **Safety razors.** This invention describes a cutting element with a series of slots that taper from open forward ends to substantially closed trailing ends. Shaped edges along each slot slice hairs as they pass through while the element moves across the skin. The cutting elements may be used alone or combined with a conventional blade in a safety razor unit.

Career Highlights

Garraway’s recorded patent portfolio comprises 2 patents, both concerning safety razors. The inventions address different parts of the shaving process: one focuses on the flexible surface that contacts the skin, while the other concerns the geometry of the cutting element.

Collaborations

Garraway is associated with The Gillette Company. Bernard Gilder is identified as a coworker, though the available information does not specify their roles or the details of any joint work.

Conclusion

Richard Garraway’s patent record reflects a focused contribution to safety razor technology, spanning both skin-engaging structures and hair-cutting elements.