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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2024
The Gillette Company Llc, Boston, MA (US);
Robert Andrew Kearney, Reading, GB;
Hannah Bryony Roberts, Ferndown, GB;
Matthias Gester, Farnborough, GB;
The Gillette Company LLC, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A hair removal device is provided including a base, a multi-angle deflector coupled to the base, an applicator head coupled to the multi-angle deflector, and a hair removal surface coupled to the applicator head, wherein the hair removal surface has a plurality of enclosed, non-linear cutting edges, and wherein the multi-angle deflector provides a multidirectional deflection connection of the applicator head and the hair removal surface relative to the base. The multidirectional deflection connection of the applicator head relative to the base comprises a multidirectional pivoting movement in at least three dimensions. The multi-angle deflector comprises a spring, a deformable substrate, and a deflection stiffness between 0.05 N/mm and 5 N/mm. The multi-angle deflector can be a wave spring. The multi-angle deflector has a thickness greater than a thickness of the base or a thickness of the applicator head.