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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jarno Streur, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Hendrikus Van Toor, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An attachment for a personal care device, such as a shaving or trimming device, is configured to be releasably coupled to a coupling structure of the personal care device by a coupler. The coupler includes a shaft having at least one coupling recess on the circumferential surface thereof. The coupling recess has a central portion and first and second side portions arranged on opposite sides of the central portion. The coupling recess also includes a sloped surface arranged in at least the central portion. When the attachment is coupled to the coupling structure, the sloped surface is engaged by a spring of the coupling structure. At least one of the first and second side portions of the coupling recess is recessed relative to the sloped surface, seen in a direction parallel to the central axis of the shaft.